All the Rage (20 page)

The author of six novels, three books of nonfiction, and five collections of short stories, A. L. Kennedy's last novel,
The Blue Book
, was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, and her novel
Day
was the 2007 Costa Book of the Year. She has twice been selected as one of
Granta
's Best of Young British Novelists and has won a host of other awards. She lives in London and is a part-time lecturer in creative writing at Warwick University.

Night Geometry and the Garscadden Trains

Looking for the Possible Dance

Now That You're Back

So I Am Glad

Original Bliss

Everything You Need

Indelible Acts

Paradise

Day

What Becomes

The Blue Book

 

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

On Bullfighting

On Writing

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Published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape in 2014
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Kennedy, A. L., author
All the rage / A.L. Kennedy.

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program the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the
Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund.

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