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Robert Edric was born in 1956. His novels include Winter Garden (1985 James Tait Black Prize winner), A New Ice Age (1986 runner-up for the 1986 Guardian Fiction Prize), A Lunar Eclipse, The Earth Made of Glass, Elysium, In Desolate Heaven, The Sword Cabinet, The Book of the Heathen (shortlisted for the 2001 WH Smith Literary Award), Peacetime (longlisted for the Booker Prize 2002), Gathering the Water (longlisted for the Booker Prize 2006) and The Kingdom of Ashes.
A moving portrait of breakdown, casual brutality and locked-in creativity...A fine portrait of an acutely sensitive man Independent 20080913 Edric's novel is a beautifully imagined contribution to securing Gurney's posthumous reputation Telegraph For more than 20 years now, Robert Edric's inflinching eye for human cruelty has roamed across centuries and continents Sunday Times Culture Magazine Subtle, absorbing novel of poetry, madness and post-war trauma Sunday Times [Edric's] prose has an impressive emotional weight -- Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate Guardian
