Two cousins search for their Jewish identity in the Paris of 2015
Jude Cook is the author of Byron Easy, which was published by
Heinemann in 2013. He writes for the Guardian, TheSpectator,
Literary Review, New Statesman,TLS and the i paper, while his
essays and short fiction have appeared in Stockholm Review, The
Moth, The Tangerine and The Honest Ulsterman, among others. In
2017, he was longlisted for the Pin Drop RA short story award, and
in 2018 for the Colm Tóibín International Short Story Award. He is
an editor for The Literary Consultancy and teaches creative writing
at the University of Westminster. He lives in London.
@judecook_
'Set against a backdrop of rising antisemitism and full of intellectual discourse, Cook’s second novel is a thoughtful paean to Paris' Daily Mail 'A portrait of the middle-class, liberal man in 2015 as a kind of prelapsarian naif' Literary Review ‘Intriguing . . . The narrative moves slowly and magnificently towards a series of crises’ TLS 'A well-crafted and intelligent novel' Birmingham Jewish Recorder 'A witty, tender novel of personal identity, belonging and loss' Wasafiri Magazine 'Astute, funny, elegant meditation on identity . . . full of energy with an alluring Parisian glow’ Diana Evans, author of Ordinary People 'Generous, urbane, zestful . . . a Francophile's feast' Rob Doyle, author of Threshold 'With sly humour, and in a style that is ruminative and unabashedly cerebral, Cook joins the ranks of writers like David Szalay in turning a critical, questing gaze on modern masculinity' Marina Benjamin, author of Insomnia 'Original in story, playfully Edwardian in style and voice' Caoilinn Hughes, author of The Wild Laughter 'A witty, angry and charismatic novel about love, family and identity' Sam Mills, author of Fragments of My Father
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