Chris Bryant has reviewed The Death of an Owl for the Guardian, calling it a ‘delightful Gothic fantasy’.
‘A delightful Gothic fantasy’
Author Archive: Piers Torday
How the author of Salmon Fishing wrote a novel from beyond the grave
Next week a rather strange literary event will occur. A new Paul Torday novel will be published. To his fans, this would seem improbable because the author died in December 2013, after becoming one of the more unlikely publishing sensations of the last decade.
Death of an Ow is a Vogue must read 2016!
Vogue has tipped The Death of an Owl as one of their recommended spring reads!
Paul Torday reveals the inspiration behind Light Shining
Bestselling author of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Paul Torday, talks about the inspiration behind his latest novel, Light Shining in the Forest.
Short story: ‘Blub’
LAST summer was a summer of blubbing: the Olympics, the tennis and so on. As a nation, we never used to blub, did we? Roy of the Rovers never blubbed after a football game; Dan Dare didn’t blub either, so far as I remember. Now blubbing is part of our daily life, like man hugs…. Read more »
‘A gloriously enjoyable wallow of a read’
The Daily Mail has given The Legacy of Hartlepool Hall a rave review – read it in full here.
An e-book exclusive from Paul Torday – read an extract here
Next Thursday 8 December sees the publication of Breakfast at the Hotel Deja Vu by Paul Torday. This exciting new novella is only available as an eBook, for the princely sum of just 99p, and we’re giving you the opportunity to read the opening here.
Exclusive short story published to accompany More Than You Can Say
An exclusive short story, ‘The Eyes Have It’, which introduces John Gaunt, a character from Paul Torday’s More Than You Can Say.
Harry Ritchie analyses Paul Torday’s appeal for The Guardian
Harry Ritchie reviews More Than You Can Say for The Guardian.
A new short story from Paul Torday
THE CHRISTENING At the time of this story, in 1970, Ned Summers was the senior clerk in the Accounts section of the Abandoned Vehicles Department at Middlesbrough Town Council. He had a son, Charlie, born shortly before the sad death of his wife eighteen months previously. Since his wife’s death he had buried himself in… Read more »
