Tim Parks

(Timothy L Parks)

(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

Series

Morris Duckworth
1. Juggling the Stars (1990)
aka Cara Massimina
2. Mimi's Ghost (2001)
3. Painting Death (2014)

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)
The Server (2012)
aka Sex Is Forbidden
The Prince (2014) (with Niccolo Machiavelli)
Thomas and Mary (2016)
In Extremis (2017)

Collections

Talking About It (2005)

Non fiction

Italian Neighbours (1992)
An Italian Education (1995)
Italy (1997) (with Barbara Grizzuti Harrison and Matthew Spender)
Translating Style (1997)
Adultery and Other Diversions (1998)
Hell and Back (2001)
A Season with Verona (2002)
Medici Money (2005)
The Fighter (2007)
Teach Us to Sit Still (2010)
Italian Ways (2013)
Where I'm Reading From (2014)
A Literary Tour of Italy (2015)
A Survival Skill (2015)
Life and Work (2016)
Calm (2017)
Out of My Head (2018)
Pen in Hand (2019)

Awards

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

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