Kerry Hudson: 6 books

How do you write a novel? Practising novelists and teachers of creative writing reveal their working methods and offer practical advice. Subjects covered range from magic realism to characterisation, surrealism to historical fiction, via perspective, plot twists and avoiding being boring, among...

An ice cream van rolls into a war zone. A goldfish pleads with its owner, who has seasonal affective disorder. An advertising agency of the future struggles to capture the zombie market. A woman screams silently at a pair of social workers who visit to talk about her anorexic daughter. Brought...

“A witty and lively novel set somewhere between the worlds of Roddy Doyle and Irvine Welsh.” —William Dalyrymple, The Guardian Reminiscent of early Roddy Doyle, Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice-Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma begins with our singular heroine’s less than idyllic birth and...

Quella di Janie Ryan è la storia di un’infanzia irrequieta, trascorsa tra appartamenti sordidi e case popolari fatiscenti, tra alcol, droghe e code per il sussidio di disoccupazione, al traino di una madre immatura e molto, molto instabile. Janie si rifugia nella sua collezione cenciosa di giocattoli,...

Dalla Siberia, Alena parte per Londra con il sogno di trovare un lavoro, un amore e nuove avventure da vivere. Ciò che l’aspetta appena atterrata nel Regno Unito è però molto diverso da quello che aveva in mente. Dave, cresciuto a Londra in un quartiere di case popolari, sognava di girare il...

From the prize-winning author of Tony Hogan Bought Me An Ice-Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma Winner of the Prix Femina Etranger London, in the frayed heat of summer. Alena is shoplifting shoes when Dave catches her in the act and so begins an unlikely relationship between two people...