My Criminal World by Henry Sutton
In awe of his wife, hounded by his agent and ignored by his editor, mild mannered crime novelist David Slavitt finds his life is spiralling out of control. But as his wife grows increasingly distant and his agent insists that his new book needs more violence a lot more violence David is getting worried.
My Criminal World by Henry Sutton is sombre fun in which a crime novelist finds his new project almost as hard-going as his marriage until murder intrudes and provides him with fresh impetusSutton clearly knows crime fiction and its practitioners and it shows in this wry dissection -- Ian Rankin
Hilarious... A double-dealing mystery that screams success -- Mark Sanderson * Sunday Telegraph *
The meta-novel for crime fiction lovers, boasting two intertwined mysteries and an unnervingly insightful trip through the mind of a thriller writer: the obsession, the inspiration, the insecurities, and the compulsion to turn every last experience into plot * Christopher Brookmyre *
If Patricia Cornwall and Martin Amis had a book together it would look just like My Criminal World - a wickedly funny novel that dances on the razor-thin line between entertainment and art, crime and punishment... As funny as all hell and as blood-pumping as any thriller, My Criminal World is a love letter to crime fiction * Tony Parsons *
Sutton brilliantly lays bare the life of a desperate writer, lifts the lid on the murky world of crime fiction and throws in a damn good mystery to boot * Mark Billingham *
Hilarious... A double-dealing mystery that screams success -- Mark Sanderson * Sunday Telegraph *
The meta-novel for crime fiction lovers, boasting two intertwined mysteries and an unnervingly insightful trip through the mind of a thriller writer: the obsession, the inspiration, the insecurities, and the compulsion to turn every last experience into plot * Christopher Brookmyre *
If Patricia Cornwall and Martin Amis had a book together it would look just like My Criminal World - a wickedly funny novel that dances on the razor-thin line between entertainment and art, crime and punishment... As funny as all hell and as blood-pumping as any thriller, My Criminal World is a love letter to crime fiction * Tony Parsons *
Sutton brilliantly lays bare the life of a desperate writer, lifts the lid on the murky world of crime fiction and throws in a damn good mystery to boot * Mark Billingham *
Henry Sutton is the author of six previous novels, including Get Me Out of Here and Kids' Stuff, which became a long-running stage play in Latvia. He is also the author of a collection of short stories, Thong Nation. He has worked as a journalist and critic, and is now Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. He lives in Norwich.
www.henrysutton.co.uk
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099578567 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099578565 |
| Title | My Criminal World |
| Author | Henry Sutton |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2014-04-03 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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