The story is set in the fictional village of Great Minden on the day of its annual Feast (or fair) where RAF veteran Peplow arrives to seek retribution for the death of his son.
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A film version of the novel was made in 1989, with screenplay by Alan Plater and starring Peter Egan, Jack Shepherd, John Sessions, Jill Bennett and Ian Carmichael.
Hetty Beauchamp comes across several characters from Carr's other novels in the boarding house in which she lives, including Emma Foxberrow, a teacher in The Harpole Report and Edward Peplow, from A Day in Summer.
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