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ALL THE MATERIALS FOR A MIDNIGHT FEAST
Fiction (Literary Fiction) 244 pages
Old Street Publishing - July 19, 2011
Nicholas, 47 year-old anti-nuclear campaigner, is on an overnight coach journey north to protest against a missile storage facility in Scotland. His student fellow-travellers remind him of his own youth in the 1980s - a time he spent under the twin clouds of unrequited love and the absolute conviction that the world was about to end in nuclear meltdown.
As the bus rumbles on through the night, the floodgates of memory open, and Nicholas scrawls the story of his life in his notebook. In it, he documents his student years and the missed opportunities, the indecision, the disappointments - and the terror - that characterized them.
An exquisitely controlled and touching work of literary fiction, ALL THE MATERIALS FOR A MIDNIGHT FEAST is a brilliant exploration of the psychological effects of the Cold War, through the sad, funny story of a student who slowly loses his grip on sanity.
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THE OXFORD DESPOILER: and other mysteries from the case book of Henry St Liver
Fiction (Historical Fiction) 228 pages
Old Street Publishing - March 17, 2009
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WHY NOT CATCH-21?
Non-Fiction (Literary Anecdotes) 176 pages
Frances Lincoln Publishers - October 15, 2007
"A deliciously witty and erudite collection which, as with a box of chocolate liqueurs, I had to discipline myself not to consume too quickly. Few writers have ever worn their learning as lightly as Gary Dexter." Gilbert Adair
Biography
Multi-talented newspaper columnist whose examinations into the lives and work of the literati have appeared in The Spectator, The Times, The Guardian, The Sunday Telegraph and The Erotic Review.
WHY NOT CATCH-21?, a collection of essays on the origins of some of the world's most famous book titles, was published by Frances Lincoln in 2007 with serial rights sold 5 times. The sequel, TITLE DEEDS, was published by Old Street in October 2010.
POISONED PENS, An epistolary exploration of literary feuds, was published by Frances Lincoln in October 2009.
Gary's first work of fiction, THE OXFORD DESPOILER, was published by Old Street in 2009.
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