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Matt Thorne


UK flag (b.1974)

Matt Thorne has published five adult novels to widespread critical acclaim, co-edited the anthology 'All Hail the New Puritans', and is a regular reviewer for the Independent on Sunday.

Awards: RSL (2000)  see all
 
Series
39 Castles
   1. Greengrove Castle (2004)
   2. Clearheart Castle (2005)
   The White Castle (2005)
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Novels
   Tourist (1998)
   Eight Minutes Idle (1999)
   Dreaming of Strangers (2000)
   Pictures of You (2001)
   Child Star (2003)
   Cherry (2004)
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Anthologies edited
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Books containing stories by Matt Thorne
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Perverted by Language (2007)
Fiction inspired by The Fall
edited by
Peter Wild
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Tell Tales (2004)
The Anthology of Short Stories
edited by
Courttia Newland and Nii Ayikwei Parkes
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The Mammoth Book of Tales from the Road (2002)
Tales of Life on the Move
(The Mammoth Book of ...)
edited by
Maxim Jakubowski

Awards
2000 Encore Award : Eight Minutes Idle

Award nominations
2004 Booker Prize (longlist) : Cherry


Matt Thorne recommends
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Hourglass (2022)
Keiran Goddard
"This is high-wire writing: a novel where every sentence counts. They add up to something profoundly honest and truly magical."
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Dance Prone (2020)
David Coventry
"Taught and intelligent, this story of music, trauma and artistic ambition has all the precision, spookiness and elegance of the best post-rock."
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Self & I (2018)
Matthew de Abaitua
"Utterly Compelling."

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