As a story about a man facing death it is tone-perfect, not saccharine, not depressing, not self-consciously arty and in the end – well, you know, the Brits do this kind of thing so much better than anyone else.
As a story about a man facing death it is tone-perfect, not saccharine, not depressing, not self-consciously arty and in the end – well, you know, the Brits do this kind of thing so much better than anyone else.