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Max Montfalcon lay in bed and tried to remember how many people he had killed... Old Max, the genial giant of Serenity House, north London's 'Premier Eventide Refuge', might have been left to die in peace. But his son-in-law Albert, an MP with a special interest in the War Crimes Bill, has other ideas. Then Jack arrives. An all-American boy who survives on a diet of video nasties and Chinese takeaways. Max is haunted by dreams of the Holocaust. And the occupants of Serenity House are haunted by Jack... 'Old Max, the giant of Serenity House, North London's "Premier Eventide Refuge", might have been left to die in peace. But his son-in-law Albert, an MP with an interest in the new War Crimes Bill, has other ideas."--Www.fantasticfiction.co.uk Shortlisted for the 1992 Booker Prize, Serenity House is 'superb... Hope employs a blend of devastating satire and gruesome humour to counterpoint the banal with the fantastic, and does so to dazzling effect.' Independent Old Maxie Montfalcon of Serenity House, North London's ̀Premier Eventide Refuge' might have been left to die in peace, but his son-in-law, an MP with a special interest in the new War Crimes Bill, had other ideas