I'll Go to Bed at Noon
{{short description|Book by Gerard Woodward}}
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{{Infobox book
| image = I'll Go to Bed at Noon.jpg
| author = Gerard Woodward
| language = English
| country = United Kingdom
| published = 2004
| publisher = Chatto & Windus
| isbn = 978-0393328004
}}
I'll Go to Bed at Noon is a book by author Gerard Woodward. It was shortlisted for Booker Prize (2004).{{cite news |last1=Crown |first1=Sarah |title=Booker favourites make the shortlist |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/sep/21/bookerprize2004.thebookerprize |access-date=6 February 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=21 September 2004}}
Set in the north London suburb of Palmers Green in the 1970s, the story opens with Colette Jones attending the funeral of her elder brother's wife, followed by her failed attempts to save him from excessive drinking. Colette tries to exile her talented pianist son from her home, but alcoholism destroys his life as well.
Critical reception
Kirkus Reviews, in a positive review, called the novel "intensely humane and elegantly written".{{cite web |title=I'LL GO TO BED AT NOON {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/gerard-woodward/ill-go-to-bed-at-noon/ |website=Kirkus Reviews |access-date=6 February 2024 |language=en |date=1 August 2005}} Publishers Weekly likewise gave a positive review, calling the novel "finely sketched".{{cite web |title=I'll Go to Bed at Noon by Gerard Woodward |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780393328004 |website=Publishers Weekly |access-date=6 February 2024 |date=25 July 2005}}
The Guardian included the novel in their list of best 1000 novels.{{cite news |title=1000 novels everyone must read: the definitive list |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jan/23/bestbooks-fiction |access-date=6 February 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=23 January 2009}}
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Category:Novels set in the 1970s
Category:Chatto & Windus books
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