James Lasdun was born in London and lives in Brooklyn. His novels, memoir, poetry and short-story collections have won many awards, and his essays have appeared in the New York Times, Guardian, London Review of Books and New Yorker, among others.

"A riveting, thrillerish plot. Here is a stylist who's also a fabulous storyteller... A treat" Daily Telegraph "An elegant, moving and intelligent book" Irish Times "Gripping and beautifully written" Scotsman "Grips the reader from the start... Lean, artful, assured" Spectator "James Lasdun is a tremendous writer and Seven Lies is that rare thing, a novel that delivers on every level. It is so gripping that you want to gobble it down at a single sitting, and yet the prose is so exacting that you want to linger over every sentence" -- Geoff Dyer

James Lasdun was born in London and lives in Brooklyn. His novels, memoir, poetry and short-story collections have won many awards, and his essays have appeared in the New York Times, Guardian, London Review of Books and New Yorker, among others.

"A riveting, thrillerish plot. Here is a stylist who's also a fabulous storyteller... A treat" Daily Telegraph "An elegant, moving and intelligent book" Irish Times "Gripping and beautifully written" Scotsman "Grips the reader from the start... Lean, artful, assured" Spectator "James Lasdun is a tremendous writer and Seven Lies is that rare thing, a novel that delivers on every level. It is so gripping that you want to gobble it down at a single sitting, and yet the prose is so exacting that you want to linger over every sentence" -- Geoff Dyer

James Lasdun was born in London and lives in Brooklyn. His novels, memoir, poetry and short-story collections have won many awards, and his essays have appeared in the New York Times, Guardian, London Review of Books and New Yorker, among others.

"A riveting, thrillerish plot. Here is a stylist who's also a fabulous storyteller... A treat" Daily Telegraph "An elegant, moving and intelligent book" Irish Times "Gripping and beautifully written" Scotsman "Grips the reader from the start... Lean, artful, assured" Spectator "James Lasdun is a tremendous writer and Seven Lies is that rare thing, a novel that delivers on every level. It is so gripping that you want to gobble it down at a single sitting, and yet the prose is so exacting that you want to linger over every sentence" -- Geoff Dyer