ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- The mighty Quinn is back with his best book since Freya. Three separate stories all linked by a painting. Beginning in the Georgian period and told in an epistolary fashion (maybe a nod to Richardson's Clarrisa) and concluding in the 1980's. This is a story about art, friendship and love told with Quinn's unique style and wit. His love for his characters really shines through and being a bit of a romantic leaves the reader at the conclusion of the book with a comforting glow. Greg
Anthony Quinn was born in Liverpool in 1964. From 1998 to 2013 he was the film critic for the Independent. His novels include The Rescue Man, which won the 2009 Authors' Club Best First Novel Award; Half of the Human Race; The Streets, which was shortlisted for the 2013 Walter Scott Prize; Curtain Call, soon to be a feature film starring Ian McKellen and Gemma Arterton; Freya, Eureka, Our Friends in Berlin and London, Burning. He also wrote the recent Liverpool memoir Klopp.
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- The mighty Quinn is back with his best book since Freya. Three separate stories all linked by a painting. Beginning in the Georgian period and told in an epistolary fashion (maybe a nod to Richardson's Clarrisa) and concluding in the 1980's. This is a story about art, friendship and love told with Quinn's unique style and wit. His love for his characters really shines through and being a bit of a romantic leaves the reader at the conclusion of the book with a comforting glow. Greg
[A] beguiling new novel about the mysteries of creativity from master storyteller Anthony Quinn... Every sentence he produces is a joy * Metro * A gripping mystery... Sweeping across centuries in its three interlinked sections, it summons the past effortlessly, as a vehicle for a plot that is both intricate and immaculately constructed... Quinn's most ambitious book to date and decidedly his best -- Alex Preston * Observer * Quinn is an accomplished writer at ease with the idioms of the past... He is also a subtle creator of character... opens up timeless themes of family, success and love -- Michael Prodger * New Statesman * Quinn is an intelligent analyst of the uncertainties of love and art * Sunday Times * These women's lives are gently and perceptively explored -- Antonia Senior * The Times * Gripping historical fiction * Good Housekeeping *