Max Porter's first novel, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, won the Sunday Times/Peter, Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year, the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Europese Literatuurprijs and the BAMB Readers' Award. His second novel, Lanny, was a Sunday Times bestseller and was longlisted for the Booker Prize. His work has been translated into thirty languages. He has also written The Death of Francis Bacon, the short film All of this Unreal Time and the pamphlet It's Going to Be a Bright New Day.

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1. 4/5

   A moving read

   Airport. Long wait for flight to be announced. Wander through the duty-free shops. End up in a book store. Can't find anything I want to read. Pick a random book. It just happens to be this one. Open it distractedly and read two pages. Am caught. Buy it. Read it in two hours! Captures grief perfectly, but you better know your Ted Hughes to get full value from it. Go on, try it yourself...

   Rockdoc

   13 april 2019

Max Porter's first novel, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, won the Sunday Times/Peter, Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year, the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Europese Literatuurprijs and the BAMB Readers' Award. His second novel, Lanny, was a Sunday Times bestseller and was longlisted for the Booker Prize. His work has been translated into thirty languages. He has also written The Death of Francis Bacon, the short film All of this Unreal Time and the pamphlet It's Going to Be a Bright New Day.

Select Guide Rating

1. 4/5

   A moving read

   Airport. Long wait for flight to be announced. Wander through the duty-free shops. End up in a book store. Can't find anything I want to read. Pick a random book. It just happens to be this one. Open it distractedly and read two pages. Am caught. Buy it. Read it in two hours! Captures grief perfectly, but you better know your Ted Hughes to get full value from it. Go on, try it yourself...

   Rockdoc

   13 april 2019

Max Porter's first novel, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, won the Sunday Times/Peter, Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year, the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Europese Literatuurprijs and the BAMB Readers' Award. His second novel, Lanny, was a Sunday Times bestseller and was longlisted for the Booker Prize. His work has been translated into thirty languages. He has also written The Death of Francis Bacon, the short film All of this Unreal Time and the pamphlet It's Going to Be a Bright New Day.

Select Guide Rating

1. 4/5

   A moving read

   Airport. Long wait for flight to be announced. Wander through the duty-free shops. End up in a book store. Can't find anything I want to read. Pick a random book. It just happens to be this one. Open it distractedly and read two pages. Am caught. Buy it. Read it in two hours! Captures grief perfectly, but you better know your Ted Hughes to get full value from it. Go on, try it yourself...

   Rockdoc

   13 april 2019