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Last Orders (2001): Film vs Book
Film · 2001 · Directed by Fred Schepisi · Starring Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, Bob Hoskins
About the film
Four friends drive to the sea to scatter their friend's ashes.
How close is it to the book?
Close to the bookIt keeps the book's journey and moves between memories and the road.
Read or watch first?
The novel uses several first-person voices to tell the same story.
What the book gives you
Last Orders by Graham Swift
A tender, human story of friendship and memory told in many voices.
Who will like it: Readers who like warm, funny stories of old friends on a road trip.