Lazarus Is Dead

Richard Beard’s most recent book is Acts of the Assassins, which was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize.In the twenty years since his first book he has published critically acclaimed novels and narrative non-fiction, including Becoming Drusilla, the story of how a friendship between two men was changed by a gender transition. He was formerly Director of the National Academy of Writing in London, and is now a Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo and has a Creative Writing Fellowship at the University of East Anglia. He is an optimistic opening batsman for the Authors Cricket Club.

"As gripping as a thriller and endlessly thought-provoking... Surprising, spellbinding, witty and utterly original" -- Chris Dolan Sunday Herald "Lazarus is Dead is a delightful falsehood - a brilliant novel and a shining example of the gospel untruth" -- Alfred Hickling Guardian "This clever and original book keeps the reader guessing until the death - and beyond " Financial Times "An idiosyncratic delight...Yet again, Beard shows himself to be one of our most inventive novelists" -- Max Davidson Mail on Sunday "A brilliant reimagining of the Lazarus story...wry, incisive and surprisingly moving (Favourite Books of 2011)" Irish Times