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Tim Parks


(Timothy L Parks)
UK flag (b.1954)

aka John MacDowell

Tim Parks studied at Cambridge and Harvard. He lives near Verona with his wife and three children. His novel Europa was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

Genres: Literary Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
July 2024

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Mr Geography
 
Series
Morris Duckworth
   1. Juggling the Stars (1990)

     aka Cara Massimina

   2. Mimi's Ghost (2001)
   3. Painting Death (2014)
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Novels
   Tongues of Flame (1985)
   Loving Roger (1986)
   Home Thoughts (1987)
   Family Planning (1989)
   Goodness (1991)
   Shear (1993)
   Europa (1997)
   Destiny (1999)
   Judge Savage (2003)
   Rapids (2005)
   Cleaver (2006)
   Dreams of Rivers and Seas (2008)
   Sex Is Forbidden (2012)
     aka The Server
   The Prince (2014) (with Niccolo Machiavelli)
   Thomas and Mary (2016)
   In Extremis (2017)
   Hotel Milano (2023)
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Collections
   Talking About It (2005)
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Series contributed to
Vintage Minis
   Calm (2017)
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Non fiction show
 
Tim Parks recommends
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I Am God (2019)
Giacomo Sartori
"A playful, exciting, mockingly modern voice, translated, what’s more, by one of the few translators who can really make the Italian vernacular sing truly and fluently in English."

Awards
Betty Trask Award Best First Novel winner (1986) : Tongues of Flame
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1997) : Europa


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