Hecklers and all that jazz
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| Title: | Hecklers and all that jazz |
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| Authors: | Kate SIMPSON |
| Source: | Daily Telegraph (London). 08/09/2025, p15-15. 1. |
| Abstract: | TONYINTERRUPTOR by Nicola Barker 224pp, Granta, T £14.99 (0330 173 5030), RRP£16.99, ebook £16.14 ***** Nicola Barker once described her style as like a "pungent cheese" that you're "not going to want on toast". Her inventive back catalogue, comprising 13 novels and three collections of short stories, covers everything from 800-page epics featuring the ghost of a 15thcentury court jester (Darkmans, 2007) to virtual-reality-governed dystopias with multicoloured typesetting (H(A)PPY, 2017). Ill-fated golfers, brittle-boned bulimics and social outcasts - her characters are urgent and strange. They nestle in corners of the country from Burley, Yorkshire, to Ashford, Kent. This unconventional yet refined approach has won Barker numerous accolades, including the Dublin Literary Award and the Goldsmiths Prize. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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| Abstract: | TONYINTERRUPTOR by Nicola Barker 224pp, Granta, T £14.99 (0330 173 5030), RRP£16.99, ebook £16.14 ***** Nicola Barker once described her style as like a "pungent cheese" that you're "not going to want on toast". Her inventive back catalogue, comprising 13 novels and three collections of short stories, covers everything from 800-page epics featuring the ghost of a 15thcentury court jester (Darkmans, 2007) to virtual-reality-governed dystopias with multicoloured typesetting (H(A)PPY, 2017). Ill-fated golfers, brittle-boned bulimics and social outcasts - her characters are urgent and strange. They nestle in corners of the country from Burley, Yorkshire, to Ashford, Kent. This unconventional yet refined approach has won Barker numerous accolades, including the Dublin Literary Award and the Goldsmiths Prize. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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