Imperial Bedrooms: Bret Easton Ellis (2010)
Early in Bret Easton Ellis’s bleak new novel, the narrator, Clay, a well-known writer, is negotiating a sexual transaction with a starlet who hopes he’ll put her in a movie. He’s suspicious that ‘Rain’ isn’t her real name. “Does it matter?” she asks. Well,” Clay answers.
Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present
I wrote about #foursquare, religious ecstasy, court masque, crying, money and the cult of Marina Abramovic for Mute magazine.
Memories of the Decadence wins Puschart Prize
My story, Memories of the Decadence, published most recently in Pen America #10, has won a Puschart Prize. Thanks to David Haglund and the editorial team at PEN for submitting it.
Summer Reading (2010)
I read the same stuff on holiday as I do at any other time, but when the people from the Observer emailed they kept emphasizing that choices for their Summer reading section should be SUMMERY and LIGHT, as if the world would fall apart if anyone attempted to tax themselves on the beach, which made me want to recommend Anatomy of Melancholy or something.
Writing on the Edge: MSF Anthology
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières and Rizzoli have published an anthology called Writing on the Edge: Great Contemporary Writers On The Frontline of Crisis, "a collection of 14 first-hand accounts of life inside conflict zones where the international medical
Looking back on New Labour (2010)
The Guardian has published a series of reflections by novelists on the New Labour era. Will Self, Sue Townsend, Peter Akinti, Andrew O'Hagan, Philip Pullman, Jonathan Coe, Helen Walsh and me. I'll post the full text of my contribution (it was slightly edited by the Guardian) soon.
















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