Chapel Street

'A decaying London house, a crazy landlady, a motley and cosmopolitan crew of tenants trying to sort out their lives and tangled loves: this is a symbolist's terrain and Sam North aims high. His writing is crisp, observant and very funny.' (Independent on Sunday.) 'Chapel Street adds grace and muscle to the sinewy agility of his earlier prize-winner, The Automatic Man.' (Jonathan Keates, The Independent.) 'The residents of Chapel Street are the product of a humorous and inventive mind. Dickens crossed with Pinter might spawn something similar, but they cue most to reality... North is not a lyricist. His spare conversational prose wastes no time and takes no prisoners ... Chapel Street has the verve of a cult novel and the confident form of a mature work.' (Scotland on Sunday.)


Genre: Literary Fiction