Shelf Control is a weekly instalment created and hosted by Bookshelf Fantasies. I love the idea of looking at my own bookshelf and getting excited to read what I already own. Here the little introduction from Bookshelf Fantasies:
Instead of always looking ahead to upcoming new releases, I thought I’d start a weekly feature focusing on already released books that I want to read. Consider this a variation of a Wishing & Waiting post… but looking at books already available, and in most cases, books that are either on my shelves or on my Kindle!
You can find the original post here.
Title: Last Orders
Author: Graham Swift
Published: 1996
Length: 352 pages
What it’s about (from Goodreads):
Four men once close to Jack Dodds, a London butcher, meet to carry out his peculiar last wish: to have his ashes scattered into the sea. For reasons best known to herself, Jack’s widow, Amy, declines to join them. On the surface the tale of a simple if increasingly bizarre day’s outing, Last Orders is Graham Swift’s most poignant exploration of the complexity and courage of ordinary lives.
How and when I got it:
I think I found it in a book exchange on the Isle of Man.
Why I want to read it:
This sounds like a simple premise, but something I would absolutely love. Getting this book out my shelves reminded me of how much I want to read it.
Balivernes 
This sounds intriguing, like there’s so much more to find out about the characters!
Yes, definitely! I really like this kind of premise because you can only be surprised by whatever happens in the novel.