... the product of marathon scholarship, inspired insight, narrative flair, astute surmise and searching intelligence ... (it) brings Shakespeare’s outer and inner worlds, and the interplay between them, alive with such thrilling immediacyMeanwhile, poet Nick Laird has won the Betty Trask Award for his "lad-lit novel" Utterly Monkey.
A reviewer in the Independent describes it as:
'a novel that combines lad-lit staples – car chases, pub crawls and beautiful women – with grown-up savoir faire.'
2 comments:
It's a good read. Well done.
I just purchased '1599' from an Amazon seller, but it hasn't arrived yet. Looking forward to reading it.
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