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James Lasdun
James Lasdun
Awards
Winner — New York Times Notable Selection, 2002
Books by James Lasdun
Woman Police Officer in Elevator: Poems
Paperback, 1999
"American readers who want to see rejuvenated form in untroubled action, giving brisk shape to contemporary and classical events, will find it in Lasdun." —Helen Vendler
Besieged
Paperback, 2000
James Lasdun's two collections of short stories, Delirium Eclipse and Three Evenings, have won him outstanding praise as one of the most distinctive British writers of his generation, both as a...
Landscape with Chainsaw: Poems
Paperback, 2003
"Brilliant ....certainly among the most gifted, vivid, and deft poets now writing in English."—Anthony Hecht, author of The Darkness and the Light
The Horned Man: A Novel
Paperback, 2003
"Unputdownable…a masterpiece of chilling, mesmerizing control." —Michael Dirda, Washington Post
Seven Lies: A Novel
Paperback, 2006
“Superb. . . . Every page of this narration bears examples of Lasdun’s own poetic mastery. . . . Shockingly vivid.”—Time Out
Afternoon of a Faun: A Novel
Hardback, 2019
Taut, stylish, and psychologically acute, Afternoon of a Faun dramatizes the search for truth as an accusation of sexual assault plunges a journalist into a series of deepening crises.
Afternoon of a Faun: A Novel
Paperback, 2020
“Slippery, provoking and very timely.” —Wall Street Journal
The Horned Man: A Novel
E Book, 2012
"Unputdownable…a masterpiece of chilling, mesmerizing control." —Michael Dirda, Washington Post
Seven Lies: A Novel
E Book, 2012
“Superb. . . . Every page of this narration bears examples of Lasdun’s own poetic mastery. . . . Shockingly vivid.”—Time Out
Landscape with Chainsaw: Poems
E Book, 2012
"Brilliant ....certainly among the most gifted, vivid, and deft poets now writing in English."—Anthony Hecht, author of The Darkness and the Light