The Fall and Rise of Gordon Coppinger
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David Nobbs. The Fall and Rise of Gordon Coppinger
DAVID NOBBS. The Fall and Rise of Gordon Coppinger
So it had come to this
The suspicions that would overwhelm him
It was going to be one of those days
‘I really have shocked myself’
Can we be absolutely certain that they can’t lip-read?
We never said a word about Jack
The evening ended, as it had begun, in silence
A great deal nearer than the Solway Firth
Those insidious doubts
Perhaps we have intruded enough
Staring at himself with astonishment
Not such a useless lump of a nun after all
‘Shame’
His night’s work is done
A serious mistake
‘A perfect memento’
That didn’t make Sir Gordon happy at all
It began to rain
A great deal of pain
He was gone
He might yet be able to save his fortune
‘Siobhan,’ said Sir Gordon, ‘you’re a genius.’
Flat, flat, flat
Back into the real world
An opportunity had been lost
He would need a long, hot bath
There was no chance
It’s wasted already
She is even more astonished
‘I do not listen to your calls. Ever.’
And felt an answering squeeze
What hope is there?
I hope we haven’t
Beyond Gravesend
Fred Upson went pale
What the letters SFN actually stood for
He rather liked bees
A thing that they had never done before
‘I can’t afford to get rid of him’
‘Decision time’
A magic moment
He didn’t think that problem would be any easier
Suddenly he was very sober
The Great Fire of Stoke
‘I’m so sorry’
‘For Jack’
A plan was beginning to take shape
He was fibrillating wildly
It has no future either
And went to bed
The message from his wife
‘Grief makes you very hungry’
No respecter of wealth
Scrambled eggs are his favourite
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Also by David Nobbs. NOVELS
REGINALD PERRIN SERIES
PRATT
NON FICTION
Copyright
About the Publisher
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For Briget, Mark and Max
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‘I didn’t understand it well enough to be able to say. I suppose it could be some religious nutter. Plenty of them about. But part of the message read, “Like father, like son”. I assumed that was us.’
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