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Adam Thorpe was born in Paris in 1956. His first novel, Ulverton, was published in 1992, and he has written six other novels - most recently The Rules of Perspective - two collections of stories and five books of poetry. He lives in France with his wife and three children.
An intricate fiction which reminds us gently that war wrecks lives in ways too tangled to anticipate * Times Literary Supplement * Because this is Adam Thorpe, there are only two things you know for certain: that the writing will be gorgeous, silky-smooth; and that the plot will be entirely original, defying categorisation...enjoy * Sunday Telegraph * An intimate depiction of family life... Vivid and luminous * Independent on Sunday * An immensely clever, tragicomic novel...a rich meditation on past and present colonial politics... What resonates for me is what I greatly admire in all Thorpe's work: the complex depth, and the texture and poetry of his storytelling language * Financial Times * Superior novel...wincingly precise in his imagery and technically adept... An electric and darkly gleeful read * Daily Mail *
