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Anthony Quinn was born in Liverpool in 1964. Since 1998 he has been the film critic of the Independent. His first novel, The Rescue Man, won the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award in 2009. His second novel, Half of the Human Race, was published in 2011 and was selected for the Channel 4 TV Bookclub.
Ambitious, gripping and disturbingly well done. -- Kate Saunders * The Times * Quinn's most mature novel yet... His picture of poverty's shaming, dehumanizing effect is powerful, and the recurrent call for pity heartfelt. Ms Eliot and Mr Dickens would surely approve. -- Holly Kyte * Sunday Telegraph * Cements his reputation as an accomplished and challenging novelist... Though it takes place 130 years ago, the questions that The Streets poses about how, as a society and individuals, we tackle deprivation arguably remain just as pertinent. -- Peter Stanford * Independent * Quinn blends his history, his political concerns, his ideals, his plot and his characters elegantly, with a light hand and the pace of a thriller. -- Louisa Young * Daily Telegraph * Displays the unsentimental yet powerful flair for romance that characterized his previous novel, Half of the Human Race. Perhaps most exciting of all, there is a sense that he is still writing within himself. -- Tom Cox * Sunday Times *
