Neel Mukherjee
Neel Mukerjee's first novel, A Life Apart, is attracting widespread acclaim both here and abroad, he just wishes he'd started it sooner, he tells Beth Jones.
Wednesday, 27 January, 2010
Cash, Comfort and the Genesis of Literary Monsters by Henry Sutton
Set against London's creaking financial industry in the autumn of 2008, Henry Sutton's novel Get Me Out of Here holds a mirrror up to city greed in the noughties. Here he traces the rise and fall of money men in fiction, from Jay Gatsby to Patrick Bateman.
Wednesday, 27 January, 2010
Review of the Year 2009 Tuesday, 22 December, 2009
Tales from the City Thursday, 19 November, 2009
Lonely hearts
Published author ( History, genealogy) at the tip of Africa...
Published author ( History, genealogy) at the tip of
penmate and soulmate. 50yrs. Ocasionally bibulous bibliophile. Can
differentiate between Peccaries,Pomerol and Perlemoen.Hunter/Chef.
Doglover. Send pics, will respond in kind. Box 01/12
Anais seeks Henry.
F, (27, central London), is looking for labyrinthine love with the kind of man who doesn't need a ball of string. Must be articulate, adventurous, curious.
Box 01/07
Married M, 47
seeks open minded F (to 40) for bedtime stories.
Box 02/07
I didn't like the job anyway.
F, 30, recently made redundant and wanting to rediscover life after 9-5. Looking for someone similarly liberated to travel with (more is a bonus). South America takes my fancy. I am well-read, cultured, and looking to travel elegantly (though not necessarily expensively). You must be independent, amusing, clever and kind. (M, 30-40).
Box 03/07
John Burnside
John Burnside has published five works of fiction and ten collections of poetry, including The Asylum Dance, which won the 2000 Whitbread Poetry Award. Wakig up in Toytown is his most recent novel.
Wednesday, 27 January, 2010
Geoff Dyer Tuesday, 22 December, 2009
David Malouf Thursday, 19 November, 2009
The Coat Room by Orlando Whitfield
It wasn't until a few years after everyone had stopped thinking about his turning fifty that my teacher actually celebrated his birthday. That is to say, he stopped mourning its passing and gathered people together in recognition of this change...
Wednesday, 27 January, 2010
Homecoming by Simon Lelic Wednesday, 27 January, 2010
The Mud Man by Benjamin Percy Tuesday, 22 December, 2009
Paul Murray
Paul Murray, author of Skippy Dies, spends a week perfecting the art of Christmas shopping, battling with the cat and self-medicating with Toblerone.
Wednesday, 27 January, 2010
Marcus Chown Tuesday, 22 December, 2009
Charlotte Grimshaw Thursday, 19 November, 2009
Robin Robertson
Robin Robertson's fourth book of poetry is The Wrecking Light.
Wednesday, 27 January, 2010
The Editors Tuesday, 22 December, 2009
Mary-Kay Wilmers Thursday, 19 November, 2009
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