Adam Thorpe was born in Paris in 1956. His first novel, Ulverton, was published in 1992, and he has written three other novels - most recently Nineteen Twenty-One - a collection of stories and three books of poetry. He lives in France with his wife and three children.
Meticulously observed...a riveting tour de force... Impossible to put down * Daily Telegraph * A wonderful, clear-eyed portrayal of a child's bewildered negotiations with the adult world, shot through with evocative details... No Telling is beautifully written, extremely moving...not merely readable, but gripping * Independent * An extraordinarily beautiful and moving novel, the best yet from one of the finest and most underrated writers working in English today -- John Burnside * Scotsman * Wonderful...the imaginative tour-de-force Thorpe achieves with No Telling confirms his status as an A-Team novelist * Financial Times * It is beautifully done. Thorpe perfectly captures the inconsequential nature of adolescence...powerful reading * The Economist *