Graham Swift
Graham Swift was born in 1949. He is the author of eleven novels, most recently Here We Are ; three collections of short stories, including the highly praised England and Other Stories ; and Making an Elephant , a book of essays, portraits, poetry and reflections on his life in writing. With Waterland he won the Guardian Fiction Prize and with Last Orders the Booker Prize. Mothering Sunday became a worldwide bestseller and won the Hawthornden Prize for best work of imaginative literature. All...See more
Graham Swift was born in 1949. He is the author of eleven novels, most recently Here We Are ; three collections of short stories, including the highly praised England and Other Stories ; and Making an Elephant , a book of essays, portraits, poetry and reflections on his life in writing. With Waterland he won the Guardian Fiction Prize and with Last Orders the Booker Prize. Mothering Sunday became a worldwide bestseller and won the Hawthornden Prize for best work of imaginative literature. All three novels were made into films. His books have appeared in over thirty-five languages. See less
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Graham Swift book reviews
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Waterland
Among the greatest
by Del J, Dec 5, 2011
I'm an avid (professional and amateur) reader of British fiction, and I consider this simply THE most outstanding postwar British novel, though Swift has come close in Last Orders. No book is ... Read More
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Ever After
Brilliant
by bookluvr, Jul 10, 2009
This novel is one of the most beautifully written novels
that I have ever read. Swift masterfully interweaves
the story of a modern man, recovering from his
wife's death, and a Victorian clergyman ... Read More
