'Here is a new young voice in British fiction - entertaining, provocative and original. Jake Wallis Simons will surely prove a name to remember' - Beryl Bainbridge, The Independent 'Fascinating and moving' - Monica Ali 'A powerful evocation of a bygone era' - Sir Martin Gilbert
Jake Wallis Simons is a novelist, journalist and graphic artist. His acclaimed first novel, The Exiled Times of a Tibetan Jew, was named by the Independent on Sunday as a Book of the Year. Jake writes features for the Times, the Guardian, the Independent on Sunday, the Telegraph, La Repubblica and other publications, and his work has been featured in The Week magazine. He is a contributor to BBC Radio 4's From Our Own Correspondent. Born in London in 1978, Jake was awarded a first-class degree in English from St Peter's College, Oxford, before undertaking a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. Jake is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts, and Practitioner-in-Residence at Bournemouth University. He lives with his family in Winchester.
'Absolutely compelling'
*The Guardian*
'This well-researched and very moving novel is dedicated to the
children of the Kindertransport and is a fine tribute to their
bravery'
*The Times*
'A film waiting to happen although so vivid is Jake Wallis Simons'
description and attention to detail I feel I've seen it already. If
you only read one novel this year make it this one'
*Lovereading*
'Here is a new young voice in British fiction - entertaining,
provocative and original. Jake Wallis Simons will surely prove a
name to remember'
*The Independent*
'Fascinating and moving'
*Monica Ali*
'A powerful evocation of a bygone era'
*Sir Martin Gilbert*
'An important subject explored by a writer to watch'
*Jonathan Freedland*
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