Adam Mars-Jones

Adam Mars-Jones's first book of stories, Lantern Lecture , was published in 1981 and won a Somerset Maugham Award. In 1983 and again in 1993 he was named one of Granta 's Best of Young British Novelists, despite not having produced a novel at the time. His Zen status as an acclaimed novelist without a novel was dented by the appearance of The Waters of Thirst , and can only suffer further with the appearance of Pilcrow , described by Margaret Drabble as 'one of the most remarkable novels I have...See more

Adam Mars-Jones's first book of stories, Lantern Lecture , was published in 1981 and won a Somerset Maugham Award. In 1983 and again in 1993 he was named one of Granta 's Best of Young British Novelists, despite not having produced a novel at the time. His Zen status as an acclaimed novelist without a novel was dented by the appearance of The Waters of Thirst , and can only suffer further with the appearance of Pilcrow , described by Margaret Drabble as 'one of the most remarkable novels I have read in recent years.' See less