"Last Orders" is a fascinating book by Graham Swift that tells the story of four old friends who decide to fulfill an important promise to a deceased friend - to scatter his ashes from the shores of the sea on a remote coast. Traveling in a car becomes not only a way of moving, but also an occasion for memories, inventions, collisions and decisions that destroy illusions and open new, more important values in life. Through witty dialogues and realistically drawn characters, the author guides the reader through a labyrinth of emotions and destroys stereotypes about old age, friendship and life."