August (Woodward Novel)
''August'' (2001), is the first novel by author Gerard Woodward. It was shortlisted for Whitbread Book Award (2001). Plot introduction

Set from the mid-1950s till 1971, the book tells the story of the Jones family, who leave their home in London for a camping holiday in Wales every August. 2001 novels Novels about cycling Novels set in Wales Family saga novels Novels set in the 1950s Novels set in the 1960s 2001 debut novels Chatto & Windus books {{2000s-family-novel-stub ...
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Gerard Woodward
Gerard Woodward (born 1961) is a British novelist, poet and short story writer, best known for his trilogy of novels concerning the troubled Jones family, the second of which, '' I'll Go to Bed at Noon'', was shortlisted for the 2004 Man Booker Prize. Biography Woodward was born in North London and attended St Ignatius College, a Jesuit comprehensive school, leaving at 16 to work for two years in a variety of jobs before studying painting at Falmouth School of Art in Cornwall. He dropped out in his second year but later attended the London School of Economics, where he studied Social Anthropology, and Manchester University, where he studied for an MA in the same subject. In 1989 he won a major Eric Gregory Award for poets under 30 and his first collection of poetry, ''Householder'', won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1991. His first novel, ''August'', was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award. In 2011 he was writer in residence at Columbia College, Chicago. He has taught or been ...
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