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Rupert Thomson

Rupert Thomson is the author of eight highly acclaimed novels, Dreams of Leaving, The Five Gates of Hell, Air and Fire, The Insult (one of David Bowie’s 100 Favourite Reads), Soft, The Book of Revelation, Divided Kingdom and Death of a Murderer, which was shortlisted for the 2008 Costa Novel Award. His memoir This Party’s Got to Stop was published by Granta Books in 2009. His latest novel is Secrecy published by Granta Books in 2013.

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This Party's Got To Stop

Rupert Thomson

£16.99
British Fiction

Secrecy

Rupert Thomson

£8.99

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Essays & Memoir | Issue 110
Essays & Memoir | Issue 110

Park Life

Rupert Thomson

‘As the weeks went by, I began to realize that the park had its own unofficial and carefully calibrated infrastructure.’

Essays & Memoir | Issue 110
Essays & Memoir | Issue 110

Brief Encounter

Rupert Thomson

‘The man on the other end told me he was looking for sexual fantasies that were about eleven sentences long.’

Fiction | Issue 110 padlock
Fiction | Issue 110 padlock

Call Me By My Proper Name

Rupert Thomson

‘My mother’s brother was christened Cedric, but people always called him Joe.’

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