Contemporary Novelists: British Fiction since 1970 2nd Edition

Praise for first edition: "Well-conceived, well-written and perspicacious." - Hugh Ormsby-Lennon, Villanova University, USA "This book will be useful in the lecture room and can be commended as support for undergraduate courses in the field." - Modern Language Review"Will be popular with students of contemporary fiction. This study carves an admirably clear and informative path through a great range of subjects...a useful student handbook." - Times Literary Supplement Praise for the second edition: "A good, comprehensive overview of contemporary fiction with well-chosen chapters on important novelists, and illuminating commentary on those novelists." - Merritt Moseley, Professor of Literature and Language at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, USA

Praise for first edition: "Well-conceived, well-written and perspicacious." - Hugh Ormsby-Lennon, Villanova University, USA "This book will be useful in the lecture room and can be commended as support for undergraduate courses in the field." - Modern Language Review"Will be popular with students of contemporary fiction. This study carves an admirably clear and informative path through a great range of subjects...a useful student handbook." - Times Literary Supplement Praise for the second edition: "A good, comprehensive overview of contemporary fiction with well-chosen chapters on important novelists, and illuminating commentary on those novelists." - Merritt Moseley, Professor of Literature and Language at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, USA

PETER CHILDS is Pro Vice Chancellor, Research and Scholarship at Newman University, UK. He is the author of a number of student texts on twentieth-century literature and culture.
PETER CHILDS is Pro Vice Chancellor, Research and Scholarship at Newman University, UK. He is the author of a number of student texts on twentieth-century literature and culture.