Gwendoline Riley was born in 1979 and has published several successful novels- Cold Water, which won a Betty Trask Award; Joshua Spassky, which was shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and won the Somerset Maugham Award; and, most recently, Opposed Positions.
Original and beautifully written... An inspiring book that you won't forget * Big Issue * A blinding follow-up to the award-winning and much-acclaimed Cold Water... A joy to read and a read to treasure and pass on * Scotsman * A portrait of an artist, a writer observing herself living. As such it is quite breathtaking * Times Literary Supplement * Riley's prose powerfully articulates the drinking, the depression, the itchy ache of growing up and the misery of first love... One of Britain's most original young writers * Observer * This is a young writer of immense promise * Literary Review *