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home christopher fowler website skip to main content christopher fowler website main navigation home books bryant may novels short stories biographies non fiction all books blog about interview the history of bryant may biography my obituary audio video contact search breadcrumb home biographies non fiction word monkey published thursday 24th august 2023 this is the memoir chris always wanted to write about what it really means to be a writer but this hugely entertaining politely opinionated and inspiring reflection on a literary life took a darker turn after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer and yet there is nothing of the misery memoir about this book deeply moving insightful and surprisingly funny this is a life affirming account of coming to terms with one s own mortality read more buy the hardback amazon uk amazon us buy the paperback amazon uk buy the ebook amazon uk bryant may description running to nineteen novels and two short story collections chris gloriously entertaining stories recounting the seemingly nostalgic exploits of a pair of octogenarian detectives and the peculiar crimes unit are a tribute to and a subversion of golden age crime fiction bursting with disquieting details and dark humour the novels boast some of the most accomplished and intricate set pieces in the whole of the mystery genre view all bryant may books bryant may s peculiar london bryant may london bridge is falling down bryant may oranges and lemons bryant may england s finest bryant may the lonely hour bryant may the victoria vanishes bryant may white corridor bryant may ten second staircase bryant may seventy seven clocks bryant may the water room previous next novels description as joanne harris observed in her introduction to the uniform digital editions of chris s standalone novels these books are not easy to categorise and that s perhaps what makes them so addictively readable they possess a mercurial quality that defies mainstream categorisation when pushed he once described them as fictions of urban unease and they still make the reader shiver with is that anticipation or is it fear view all novels foot on the crown hot water the sand men nyctophobia plastic hell train calabash soho black spanky roofworld previous next short stories description the short story was a literary form chris relished and his many many stories so often tales of the unexpected in which reality and fantasy are dangerously close reveal his enduring love of literature and cinema a keen sense of humour an eye for period detail and a boundless enthusiasm for anecdotes eclectic facts strange occurrences unsolved mysteries bizarre customs and macabre crimes view all short stories books reconciliation day bibliomysteries oh i do like to be beside the seaside red gloves volumes 1 2 old devil moon demonized uncut more city jitters flesh wounds the bureau of lost souls city jitters 1 2 previous next biographies non fiction description from his account of a post war childhood in a home without books to a career in britain s film industry just as it began to go down the pan and on to looking back on a literary life while contemplating what he knew would be the final chapter in his story chris s three trenchant funny perceptive and deeply moving memoirs should as the daily mail commented on paperboy be prescribed as a pick me up on the nhs view all biographies non fiction books word monkey film freak paperboy the book of forgotten authors previous next a blog from the archive breadcrumb home posted in reading writing stabbed with a pen post date wednesday 4th april 2012 according to today s independent an author who launched a libel suit over a series of unfavourable reviews on amazon is facing a huge legal bill after a judge struck off his case chris mcgrath an online entrepreneur tried to sue vaughan jones over a series of reviews on the amazon website about his self published satirical book the attempted murder of god amazon the evolutionary continue reading visit the blog archive about christopher fowler the multiple award winning author of almost fifty novels and short story collections christopher fowler remains perhaps best known for the celebrated bryant and may series of detective mysteries his other novels include roofworld spanky hot water and the upcoming historical novel the foot on the crown he has also written three acclaimed memoirs paperboy winner of the green carnation prize film freak and word monkey his posthumously published memoir about being a writer and the telling the closing chapter in your own story plus the book of forgotten authors and peculiar london bryant and may s singular and eccentric guide to the city he won the last laugh award and the british fantasy award multiple times as well as the edge hill prize and the inaugural green carnation award in 2015 he was awarded the crime writers association s coveted dagger in the library for his body of work he lived in london and barcelona diagnosed with cancer just as the uk went into lockdown in 2020 chris died on 2 march 2023 read an interview with christopher footer icons footer privacy policy christopher fowler estate 2024 designed by taragh bissett built by natts com made with bootstrap powered by drupal
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