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'Magnificent' Grief nominated for book of the year

Posted at 11:09 on 10 Oct 2006


Ed Lark's remarkable novel was nominated for Best Book of the Year 2005 by the British Science Fiction Association - though we've only just found out!

Here's an extract of their glowing review (by John Newsinger)...
"Grief is a magnificent novel. Only 149 pages, but certainly one of the best books I have read this year. It is a satire of quite astonishing originality, written with style, passion, wit and intelligence. To reach the sort of audience it deserves this book is going to require word-of-mouth recommendation. But don't take my word for it, hunt it down, read it and pass it on...

"...This is wonderful stuff, deadly serious and yet amusing and playful at the same time. There is a richness to the writing, a successful combining of thought and expression, that is tremendously effective. With Grief, Ed Lark has pulled off a powerful and original satire that completely won over this reader. Certainly a writer to look out for."
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