Having reached the best seller list with his fourth novel, and perhaps the Richard and Judy gave him his breakthrough, I was keen to see how he started.
Also I was due to meet him at an event in Glasgow! Here he described his difficulty getting published, the reason that being English and writing novels about Americans in America didn’t fit either side of the Atlantic.
The good news he did get a chance and this his first is set in 60’s USA. Nathan (Negro) and Daniel (white) are innocent kids growing up. Told by Daniel from a cell on death row. This conspiracy thriller is a bit long winded but not half bad for a debut.
Score 6/10
Date read July 2008
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