Plume

An interview journalist's period of personal disarray is marked by the sight of a plume of smoke following an industrial accident at the edge of London, things then getting worse after an encounter with a reclusive cult novelist. For readers of Iain Sinclair and J.G. Ballard.

About the author

Will Wiles was born in India in 1978. He lives in London and writes about architecture and design for a variety of magazines. He is the author of three novels, including Care of Wooden Floors and The Way Inn, all published by 4th Estate. The Way Inn was shortlisted for The Encore Award and Care of Wooden Floors won a Betty Trask Award.

Summary

‘Wiles is basically Kafka, if Kafka had spent more time in British hotels and pubs’ David Baddiel Will Wiles both re-invents and murders the London novel, in a spectacular act of evil, surgical intensity’ Warren Ellis ‘It’s outstanding’ Mail on Sunday, Event Magazine

Product details

• Authors: Will Wiles, Wiles Will
• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9780008194444
• ISBN: 978-0-00-819444-4
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; London, Greater London, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Friendship, FICTION / City Life, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, FICTION / Urban & Street Lit, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, FICTION / Humorous / Dark Humor, The; Of; Brontë; Love; Family; Marriage; Romance; Modern