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Born in Manchester, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard. In 1981 he moved to Italy where he has lived ever since. He is the author of novels, non-fiction and essays, including Europa, Cleaver, A Season with Verona and Teach Us to Sit Still. He has won the Somerset Maugham, Betty Trask and Llewellyn Rhys awards, and been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He lectures on literary translation in Milan, writes for publications such as the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books, and his many translations from the Italian include works by Moravia, Calvino, Calasso, Tabucchi and Machiavelli.
Quirky, witty and deep -- Todd McEwen * Sunday Herald * An eminently readable and thought-provoking novel that teases you to the last page, and possibly beyond -- Marcus Berkmann * Spectator * A wry and subtle story about what happens when the western self tries to lose itself. -- Kathryn Hughes * Prospect * Parks writes with detachment, wit and intelligence, and the troubled voice in Beth is entirely convincing -- Kate Saunders * The Times * It's a cracker - clever, funny and insightful, with complicated, conflicted and totally convincing Beth at heart -- Harry Ritchie * Daily Mail *
