Stuart Turton
Auteur de The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
A propos de l'auteur
Stuart Turton is a freelance travel journalist, born in the United Kingdom. He holds degrees in English and Philosophy. His career has included working in a bookshop, teaching English in Shanghai, working for a technology magazine in London, and writing various travel articles. He is the author of afficher plus The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. The title in the U.S. is, The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. It won the Costa Book Award 2018 category, First Novel. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Stuart Turton
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1980
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieux de résidence
- London, England, UK
- Professions
- novelist
- Agent
- Harry Illingworth (DHH Literary)
- Courte biographie
- Stuart Turton is an English internationally bestselling author and journalist.
Turton's debut novel, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (released in the US as The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle) won the First Novel Award at the 2018 Costa Book Awards and has sold in 28 languages. Since publication, it has sold over 200,000 copies in the UK. In an interview, given to The Guardian newspaper, he described writing the book as "just awful".
Turton was born and raised in Widnes, England and educated at The University of Liverpool, where he received a BA (Hons) in English and Philosophy. After graduating, he spent a year working as a teacher in Shanghai, before becoming a technology journalist in London. He moved to Dubai to become a travel journalist, living there for three years until he returned to London to write his first novel.
Accolades
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle won the Best First Novel prize in the 2018 Costa Book Awards and Best Novel in the 2018 Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards. That same year, it was shortlisted for a New Writers' Award at the Specsavers National Book Awards, Debut of the Year at The British Book Awards, and longlisted for a New Blood Dagger and Gold Dagger at the CWA Awards.
Val McDermid selected Turton to appear on her New Blood panel at the Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival. In 2019, it was shortlised for Best Debut Novel at the Strand Magazine Critics Awards and longlisted for The Glass Bell Award.
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Critiques
Really enjoyed the authors writing style, very witty and graphic. However, the story falls flat with the ending feeling rushed and like a bit of a cop-out. Vibe is very enjoyable though; nice bunch of characters that help keep the story feeling fresh (although sometimes a bit confusing). Mainly, I wish the story had better pacing and a more thoughtful resolution. Despite that, overall was a pleasant read.
A clever smart book, maybe too smart for me. And a bit too long. At some stage I just couldn't keep it together anymore. Glad I read it, but not a book that I will read again. I'll still recommend it for lovers of mysteries and puzzles.
A little bit too lengthy but great fun nevertheless.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 4
- Membres
- 6,937
- Popularité
- #3,524
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 360
- ISBN
- 106
- Langues
- 13
- Favoris
- 1
I enjoy Turton's writing, the characters, the pacing, and the twisty narrative. I was kept on the edge of my seat and was constantly wanting to know how things would play out.… (plus d'informations)