Description
About the Author
Tariq Goddard was born in London in 1975. He read Philosophy at King's College London, and Continental Philosophy at The University of Warwick and the University of Surrey. In 2002 his first novel, 'Homage to Firing Squad' was nominated for the Whitbread (Costa) Prize and the Wodehouse-Bollinger Comic Writing Award. He was included as one of Waterstones "Faces of the Future", and the novel, whose film rights were sold, was listed as one of the Observer's Four debuts of the year. In 2003 his second novel, 'Dynamo', was cited as one of the ten best sports novels of all time by Observer Sport's Magazine. 'The Morning Rides Behind Us', his third novel was released in 2005 and shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize for Fiction. He lives with his partner on a farm in Wiltshire where he is writing his new novel, 'The Message'.
Reviews
For previous Whitbread prize novel,Homage to a firing squad: A pacy, poised and undeniably exciting debut...a teat bleakly humorous, well written adventure Boyd Tonkin, Independent
Awards
Commended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Horror) 2010.
Book Information
ISBN 9781846942709
Author Tariq Goddard
Format Paperback
Page Count 230
Imprint John Hunt Publishing
Publisher Collective Ink
Weight(grams) 344g
Dimensions(mm) 215mm * 141mm * 17mm