Born in Manchester, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard. He lives in Milan. Parks is the acclaimed author of novels, non-fiction and essays, including Europa, A Season with Verona, Teach Us to Sit Still, Italian Ways and Italian Life. He has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and has won many awards for both his work in English and his translations from the Italian, which include works by Alberto Moravia, Italo Calvino, Roberto Calasso, Antonio Tabucchi and Niccol Machiavelli.
Tim Parks is one of those writers whose name on the cover is more or less a guarantee of a good time for the reader. His books are chewy, original and entertaining. * Financial Times * Quicksilvery syntax slips through this compelling story of desire and loss -- Kirsty Gunn, author of THE BIG MUSIC It is such a pleasure for the reader to follow the artful, layered, unfolding of this man's journey into his own heart and past. -- Mike McCormack, author of SOLAR BONES Mr Geography delights and surprises to the end: a reminder to us all, regardless of age or profession, that there’s more than one route through life * Daily Telegraph * A sustained exploration of the extraordinary grip that the defining sexual and romantic moments from our past can continue to have on us… the results are delightfully disorienting * Times Literary Supplement *