Richard Rayner
Richard Rayner, born in Yorkshire, is now living in Los Angeles. His books include Los Angeles Without a Map and The Elephant. ‘Rich Rich Rich’ was included in his memoir, The Blue Suit (Picador, 1995). He is a former Granta editor.
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Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Rich Rich Rich
Richard Rayner
’I was sweating, I was faint. The yellow on the walls was brilliant and burning.‘
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Los Angeles
Richard Rayner
‘Los Angeles was a lot like South Africa. The apartheid wasn't enshrined by law, but by economics and geography, and it was just as powerful.’
Fiction | The Online Edition
A Discourse on the Elephant
Richard Rayner
‘This is not the story of my life, at least not the story of all of it, but it is the story of my father.’
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Los Angeles Without A Map
Richard Rayner
‘I was a hysterical adolescent. But I was a hysterical adolescent with a credit card and there was a seat available.’