Les romans et mémoires de Tim Lott plongent dans les paysages complexes des relations humaines et les vies intérieures de ses personnages. Son écriture est célébrée pour sa profondeur et son aperçu pénétrant de la psyché humaine. Les récits de Lott explorent souvent des thèmes d'identité, de mémoire et de recherche de sens. À travers sa voix distinctive, il offre aux lecteurs de profondes expériences émotionnelles.
Daniel Savage's marriage and career have failed and his love life is a disaster. All he has left is a grimy bedsit and his six-year-old daughter. Who does he blame for his life? Himself. Men in general. And women, of course. Because Daniel thinks women are a nightmare from which there's no waking up. Is he right?
A brilliantly observed story of crises and reconciliations within families and stepfamilies, this narrative explores the conflict between Millennials and their Baby Boomer parents. Funny and dark yet infused with hope, it continues a family saga and social commentary that began with the award-winning *White City Blue*. Set in Brighton in December 2019, the story follows a teenage girl, China, who runs along the seafront, escaping from her frustrations and fears. Living with her mother Veronica, pompous stepfather Silas, and his dysfunctional son Mason, China feels the strain of family tensions. Her estranged father, Frankie, resides in London, and their limited contact is fraught with conflict, particularly as he holds views that clash with her socially conscious ideals. Seeking solace, China turns to her godfather Nodge and his husband Owen, only to find their household riddled with its own issues. Ultimately, she moves in with her father, leading to more arguments and a widening rift between them, all while the looming threat of coronavirus adds to the chaos. The story resonates with anyone trying to navigate a polarized world where personal and political conflicts intertwine.
Dr Alex Seymour seems to have it all - with a solid marriage of twenty years, two teenage children, a new baby and an unblemished career as a London GP, his life seems perfect - but then a simple trip to the local supermarket changes things irrevocably. As he witnesses a shoplifter foiled by a combination of the owner�s beady eye and the surveillance camera under the counter, Alex Seymour starts thinking about the reality and the fragility of his own seemingly perfect domestic situation, and what he does not see. With a son he suspects is stealing, a daughter whose first boyfriend may be going too far, and a wife he thinks is being unfaithful, Alex needs something to help him find out the truth and put him back in control. Enter Sherry Thomas, the mysterious Managing Director of Cyclops, a surveillance shop, and the catalyst for Alex Seymour's descent into a world ruled by cameras, tapes, lies and deceit, with devastating consequences. A gripping story of suspense that mirrors modern preoccupations with surveillance, tabloid voyeurism and morality.
The brilliant new novel from the author of The Last Summer of the Water Strider
Frankie Blue og hans venner har holdt sammen siden skoletiden i det vestlige London. De aftalte dengang, at en gang om året, den 14. august, ville de mødes uanset hvad. Frankie bliver gift og naturligvis har hans kone fødselsdag netop på denne dato. Nu står Frankie med et valg: Konen eller vennerne?
At the heart of writing - at the apex of storytelling - there is only one principle, and it winds like a golden thread across all the books and courses. But it gets lost in the ever-spreading panoply of detail that the creative writing industry relies on to keep its wheels turning. This book pulls out that thread, polishes it and reveals the way it penetrates storytelling. It will be invaluable to anyone creating fictional worlds - but most particularly to novelists, who are most in danger of forgetting it. Or not noticing it in the first place. Tim Lott knows he can't teach anyone to write a novel (that's one of the lies propagated by the novel-writing industry). But he can teach someone how to build a firm platform on which they can stand in order to explore whether they have the talent, will and determination that writing a novel takes.
Tragic and hilarious in equal measure, Tim Lott’s story of Charlie and Maureen Buck’s ailing marriage and their climb up (and down) the social ladder during the 1980s is a wonderfully honest portrait of ordinary people living through an extraordinary time. Steeped in the decade’s cataclysmic events, packed with the crimes and misdemeanours we visit on each another, ‘Rumours of a Hurricane’ is a powerful tale of change, how we face it – and how we don’t.‘An outstanding comic novel. Places the 1980s under sceptical and merciless scrutiny’ Literary Review.
Strato Nyman no podría ser más peculiar. Es el único chico negro en Hedgecombe-upon-Dray, sabe más de física cuántica que su profesor de ciencia y es el principal objetivo de diversión del matón de la escuela. Solamente en casa se siente en un entorno seguro, aunque últimamente sus padres andan demasiado ocupados discutiendo entre ellos para preocuparse de él. Pero un día, Strato se lleva un viejo libro de una misteriosa librería y aprende cómo hacerse invisible. De repente comienza a descubrir muchas cosas inesperadas de los demás, pero sobre todo, de sí mismo.
