The new short story collection from the highly acclaimed author of Ulverton and The Rules of Perspective
Adam Thorpe was born in Paris in 1956. His first novel, Ulverton, appeared in 1992, and he has published two books of stories and six poetry collections and nine further novels, most recently Flight (2012). www.adamthorpe.net
In Is This The Way You Said? we see the perfection of deprecation,
spurred by wit, watered by pity, fed by observation. It's
marvellous
*Independent*
Full of humour and warmth, this is an impressive, at times
brilliant, work
*New Statesman*
Thorpe's precise prose never wastes a word; he inhabits a variety
of complex characters effortlessly and is extremely funny and
moving by turns. A real treat
*Daily Mail*
What raises both story and collection to the highest level is the
combination of Thorpe's extraordinarily keen ear, sharp humour and
a remarkable, direct prose that is not only suited to the way his
people think, but also provides the perfect foil to those moments
of tentative poetry that spark and burn from time to time in even
the dullest of English lives
*Guardian*
There is grace and strength to Adam Thorpe's writing that reminds
me of Tai Chi... Beautifully observed tales
*Sunday Herald*
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