Inside the novel
The road back to Kerosene
Rain, a guitar and a man leaving his father’s funeral behind: Kerosene begins on the roadside before opening onto two trials, seventy years apart.
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Behind the historical novel
The caravan and the unfinished past
A childhood caravan and a note discovered years later provide the personal starting point for The Last Gypsy, a novel of survival and revenge.
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Art & historical fiction
What do we choose to shelter?
Paris appears calm in April 1940. For the Peggy Guggenheim of The Shelterers, protecting an art collection is already an urgent and deeply personal question.
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Inside the novel
A test drive into the unknown
Ronnie Scott Dodd wants to sell a used car. His customer wants something else. Tehrun begins with a negotiation that changes the shape of an ordinary day.
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Memory & short fiction
When a memory becomes a story
A theatrical tour, a painting and a newspaper report become starting points for fiction in Winding Back’s fourteen stories.
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Inside the short story
The person at the next table
In Bit Parts, a famous night belongs to an airport waitress. A change of viewpoint brings the people at the edge of history into focus.
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Memory & memoir
Venice before the spotlight
A mother’s silent home movies, summers on the Lido and a father’s appetite for adventure: the intimate beginnings of Bars & Stars.
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Theatre & memoir
The show beyond the curtain
A star’s arrival is only the beginning. Middle Class Fantasies follows the money, personalities and pub troubles that keep a producer busy long after the applause.
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