John Lanchester | Granta Magazine

John Lanchester

John Lanchester is a British journalist and novelist. ‘Early Retirement’, published in Granta 95, is taken from his memoir, Family Romance, published in 2007. He is the author of six works of fiction, including The Wall. He is a regular contributor the London Review of Books.

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Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition padlock
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition padlock

Early Retirement

John Lanchester

‘My father used to tell the story of a tutor at his university, a Viennese professor of something or other.’

Fiction | The Online Edition padlock
Fiction | The Online Edition padlock

Cash is King

John Lanchester

Mr Phillips is lying face down on the floor of Barclays Bank.

Fiction | Issue 52
Fiction | Issue 52

The Gourmet

John Lanchester

‘I have vivid memories of my one or two visits to my brother during his incarceration in various gulags.’

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