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Gwendoline Riley is an English writer, who was born in London in 1979. She studied English at Metropolitan University in Manchester, where she still lives. She became literary editor of the magazine 'City Life'. Her first two novels, Cold Water (2002); and Sick Notes (2004), both have protagonists in their early 20s, who live in Manchester. Her third novel, Joshua Spassky (2007), tells the story of Natalie, a British writer who travels to North Carolina to meet up with the title character, an American playwright.
Cold Water won a 2002 Betty Trask Award, and was named one of 5 outstanding debut novels of 2002 by The Guardian Weekend Magazine. Joshua Spassky won a 2008 Somerset Maugham Award.
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Cold Water Riley, Gwendoline
“An American-style cellar bar” is the novel’s opening line – a cellar bar in downtown Manchester. Carmel McKisko is not kept especially busy at her bar job. Instead, she reads ...
Cold Water Riley, Gwendoline
„Eine Kellerbar im amerikanischen Stil“, beginnt der Roman – eine Kellerbar in downtown Manchester. Carmel McKisko hat als Barkeeperin nicht sonderlich viel zu tun, deshalb liest sie ...
Cold Water Riley, Gwendoline
“Wir lagen zusammen im Gras und tranken fertig gemixten Martini mit Limonade aus dem Spar-Laden. Wir blödelten herum, eben wie Leute, die verliebt sind oder so. Ich legte meinen ...
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