Jim Crace

Jim Crace is one of the most imaginative of contemporary novelists. The author of nine novels, he has received great public and intellectual acclaim across the UK, Europe, Australia and the United States. He was awarded the National Book Critics' Circle Fiction prize (USA) for Being Dead in 2000.

Philip Tew's study is the first extended critical examination of Crace's oeuvre and is based on extensive interviews with the novelist, including discussions of his work from his first worldwide bestseller Continent (1986) up to The Pesthouse (2007).

Designed especially both for undergraduates of contemporary fiction, and for those who simply enjoy reading the author, Jim Crace is an excellent addition to the Contemporary British Novelists series. Tew's treatment of themes, contexts and narrative strategies illuminates the literary and critical contexts within which Crace operates, situating him as one of the most adventurous and challenging of Britain's twenty-first century authors.

Author: Philip Tew
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 04/01/2007
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 7.92h x 5.41w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9780719069130

About the Author

Philip Tew is Professor of Post-1900 English Literature at Brunel University, West London