James Lasdun
James Lasdun was born in London and lives in Brooklyn. His novels, memoir, poetry, and short story collections have won many awards, and his essays have appeared in the New York Times, the London Review of Books, and The New Yorker, among other publications.
Awards
Winner — New York Times Notable Selection, 2002
Books by James Lasdun

Besieged
James Lasdun
E Book, 2012
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...
Afternoon of a Faun: A Novel
James Lasdun
E Book, 2019
“Slippery, provoking and very timely.” —Wall Street Journal
A Jump Start
James Lasdun
Paperback, 1989

The Family Man: Blood and Betrayal in the House of Murdaugh
James Lasdun
Hardback, 2026
An immersive account of a seemingly loving father’s transformation into family annihilator

The Family Man: Blood and Betrayal in the House of Murdaugh
James Lasdun
E Book
An immersive account of a seemingly loving father’s transformation into family annihilator



