Thomas Murphy Format:Paperback Beth--a dorm-mate at Tarble--only to

Beth--a dorm-mate at Tarble--only to learn that Beth disappeared two days earlier

Combining excerpts from his novels and stories

or kicked his way into the pantheon of American sport

and additional material from Julian Fellowes

From his upbringing as a miner's son in a Yorkshire village

Thomas Murphy Format:Paperback Beth--a dorm-mate at Tarble--only toThe acclaimed, award winning essayist and memoirist returns to fiction with this reflective, bittersweet tale that introduces the irrepressible aging poet Thomas Murphy a paean to the mystery, tragedy and wonder of life. Trying his best to weasel out of an appointment with the neurologist his only child, M ire, has cornered him into, the poet Thomas Murphy singer of the oldies, friend of the down and out, card sharp, raconteur, piano bar player, bon