Nick Harkaway
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| Born | Nicholas Cornwell 1972 Cornwall, England |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Genres | Fantasy |
| Notable work(s) | The Gone-Away World |
Nick Harkaway (born 1972 in Cornwall, England) is a novelist. He is the author of The Gone-Away World, a novel published in June 2008. He is the son of author John le Carré.[1]
Harkaway was educated at Clare College, Cambridge, where he studied philosophy, sociology and politics and took up Shorinji Kan Jiu Jitsu. He worked in the film industry before becoming an author.[2]
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[edit] Novels
[edit] The Gone-Away World
The Gone-Away World is Harkaway's first novel. The rights were acquired by Heinemann in a seven-way auction in the summer of 2007 for a considerable advance of £300,000. At that time it went by the title, The Wages of Gonzo Lubitsch.[2] It concerns a number of ex-special operatives turned truckers who are hired to perform a dangerous mission in a post-Apocalyptic world. The story is told through the perspective of an unnamed narrator.[1]
[edit] Angelmaker
Angelmaker is Harkaway's second novel. It follows a number of characters in their adventures around a clockwork device of great power, and is based largely in the United Kingdom. The action takes place around the current day, with discursions to World War II and the years following, and, unlike his The Gone-Away World, it narrated in the 3rd person. Angelmaker was released on 2nd February, 2012 in the UK, and is due for release in March 2012 in the US.
[edit] Other Writing
- The All and Nothing Days, a short story read on BBC Radio 3 ’s The Verb, February 2009[3]
- Under Milky Way, also read on The Verb, September 2009[4]
[edit] Google Book Settlement
Although apparently a fan of Google generally, Harkaway has been an outspoken critic of the Google Book Search Settlement Agreement, posting on his blog[5] and speaking out on BBC Radio’s The World at One in May 2009, and appearing on a television debate with Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Tom Watson MP in September 2009.
[edit] References
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- ^ a b Jones, Philip (April 15, 2011). "John Murray picks up Harkaway on digital". The Bookseller. http://www.thebookseller.com/news/john-murray-pics-harkaway-digital.html. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- ^ a b Conville and Walsh Literary Agents http://www.convilleandwalsh.com/index.php/authors/author/nick-harkaway/
- ^ 21:15 (2009-02-13). "Radio 3 Programmes - The Verb, Nick Harkaway/Alex Horne". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hgfx9. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
- ^ 21:15 (2009-09-18). "Radio 3 Programmes - The Verb, Don Paterson/Nick Harkaway/Nemo's Almanac/MacGillivray". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mm2w4. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
- ^ "Google Crunch Time". Nick Harkaway. http://www.nickharkaway.com/2009/09/google-crunch-time/. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
