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Simon Mawer is author of eight novels and two non fiction books. His latest novel, The Glass Room, published by Little, Brown in January 2009, was on the Man Booker shortlist. The next one, provisionally entitled Trapeze, is underway..."Simon Mawer's work is rich with a desire
to see through to the core of things." Current Titles:The Glass Room - Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prizepublished in January 2009 by Little, Brown. "...Mawer’s control of his themes of language, desire, memory and the power of place is extraordinary..." The Daily Telegraph. "...a thing of extraordinary beauty and symmetry." The Guardian Read reviews of The Glass Room here. Watch and interview and reading from the book here. Swimming to Ithacapublished in April 2006 by Little, Brown and June 2007 by Abacus. "...a work stalked by ghosts... deviously constructed and full of red herrings..." The Independent
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The Glass Room, January 2009 "Mawer’s control of his themes of language, desire, memory and the power of place is extraordinary." Daily Telegraph on The Glass Room. "Here we have another gifted British writer of idea-driven fiction, deserving of mention alongside Iris Murdoch, William Boyd, and Michael Frayn." Atlantic Monthly "Mawer is a writer of remarkable gifts." The Scotsman "...a breathtakingly subtle literary style
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