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Iain Broome is the author of the novel, A is for Angelica. He grew up in a small town in Derbyshire and lives in Sheffield with his wife and identical twin boys. A graduate of Sheffield Hallam's MA Writing programme, Iain has edited literary magazines, co-run a successful monthly spoken word event and currently maintains a popular website and podcast about writing, reading and publishing. Visit iainbroome.com to find out more.
A is for Angelica and MF is for meticulously funny. It will make
you laugh out loud and feel guilty about it afterwards.
*Simon Crump*
This is an easy book to sum up. Basically, if you don't laugh and
cry over A is for Angelica in almost equal measures then bears
don't deposit their personal waste in wooded areas and I'll only
read this book once.
*The Bookbag*
'A first novel that confidently moves from dark comedy that's
genuinely funny to even darker despair that grows from moving to
harrowing... Really impressive'
'An oddly addictive and often hilarious read... Presented in
uncomplicated, unembellished prose, this is a brilliant and adeptly
written debut novel, loaded with poignancy and feeling.'
'I think this is a haunting and powerful first novel ... a book I
shall certainly read again.'
'Put simply: this is a beautiful debut novel. And a true testament
to what thoughtful editing can achieve. Broome strips his writing
to the bare minimum – the perfect complement to his methodical,
to-the-point narrator (Gordon), and the unfortunate situation he’s
in (caring for his seriously-ill wife)...But when we have passages
in which Gordon is active and leaves the house, the first-person
narration is used to pitch-perfect effect, where his desire to
distract himself from reality leads to some inevitable but still
uncomfortable moments.’
*Book Blogger*
‘A is for Angelica is poignant, extraordinary and easy to read.
Ideal for anyone.’
*Around the Red Map*
'This is a brilliant, dark comedy, with beautiful moments of
pathos... Never again will I see a twitching curtain in quite the
same way.'
*The Metro*
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