kate atkinson breaks the rules: she didn’t publish her first book until she was 40 and refuses to stick to one genre, with best-selling literary and crime novels to her name.
He started writing short stories when he was 30 and won a magazine contest, but only after turning 40 did he start his first novel, backstage at the museum. In addition to her witty literary fiction, which has twice won her a Costa Novel Award (with life after life and a god in ruins), she has made a name for herself as a crime writer with four books starring private investigator Jackson. brody. These are very popular and have been made into BBC TV series, case histories.
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His books may be award-winning, but they’re also deeply readable. his prose is beautiful and his writing is laced with dark humor. she is one of my favorite writers and even if you have read these books before they are worth re-reading as there is layer upon layer of detail. Here, we’ve selected eight of the best Kate Atkinson novels to read right now.
life after life
Life after life, Kate Atkinson asks some interesting questions about fate and destiny. The story begins on a snowy day in 1910 with the death of baby Ursula. In a side story, Ursula lives and we follow her story as she relives over and over again the dramatic events of the early 20th century. a beautifully written, compelling and genuinely innovative read. The book won a Costa Novel Award and sold more than half a million copies, catapulting Kate Atkinson from a much-loved author to a household name.
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a god in ruins
This life-after-life follow-up companion novel returns to the world of heroine Ursula Todd. This time, her spotlight is on her beloved little brother, Teddy. Taking us from a bucolic childhood through World War II to the present day, this cradle-to-grave tale is riveting, moving, and sometimes heartbreaking. amazingly good.
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case histories
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atkinson’s first crime novel featured private investigator jackson brodie. Stephen King called it “the best mystery of the decade”. Three seemingly unrelated stories, involving a missing child, a random attack, and a fit of domestic rage, are expertly and elegantly woven together in this gripping book. As the story unfolds, Brodie’s complicated backstory is revealed as Atkinson deftly builds his character.
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behind the scenes at the museum
This gripping drama tells the story of the slightly dysfunctional Lennox family, narrated by their daughter Ruby; It begins in the womb before she is born and runs through the events of the 20th century. it’s witty, heartbreaking, and so beautifully written. for a first novel, it is remarkably confident, deftly weaving together many threads into a beautiful tapestry. It caused quite a stir when it was published, winning the Whitbread (now Costa) book of the year award, beating out Salmon Rushdie.
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started early, took my dog
this fourth book by jackson brodie opens in the present day with an email from a woman in new zealand who requests the researcher’s help to find out who she was when she was born in england thirty years earlier. The story revolves around the missing children of 1975 and, as always with Kate Atkinson, nothing is simple. The connections between the various stories are slowly revealed, with Brodie at the center of the swirling tornado.
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when will there be good news
this third book in jackson brodie’s series has everything that makes kate atkinson’s crime series so good: multiple stories cleverly strung together, all linked by an unsolved murder, where the sole survivor is a six year old girl. We bounce between Yorkshire and Edinburgh as semi-retired private investigator Brodie can’t help but get involved in solving the mystery. Brodie’s story unfolds further as he loses almost everything in her life and has to rebuild.
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This fifth book brings private investigator jackson brodie back after a nine-year hiatus. His latest case sees him investigating shady goings-on in a small Yorkshire seaside town. I reviewed it: because of Jackson, who is such a wonderful character, because of the brilliant, dry wit that Atkinson is so good at, and because it’s a really absorbing mystery.
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kate atkinson transcript
The heroine is Juliet, a naive young woman who is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage, working with the secret services to expose fascist sympathizers. The story jumps between 1940 and 1950, when Juliet, now working in a dusty BBC department, discovers that her actions have consequences long after the war is over. As always, Atkinson’s writing is inventive, with each sentence superbly constructed.
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