Beauty

2009 COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD WINNER

“Captures the raw humanity of inner city life with extraordinary authenticity”
— Judges of the Costa First Novel Award

“Selbourne brilliantly plays out a comedy of conflicting cultures and classes, repeatedly confounding readers’ expectations. He captures perfectly an England of pound shops and Jobcentres, and gives the tale of the innocent abroad an original twist” — Financial Times

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Heartland

Read the feature on Anthony Cartwright, politics and Dudley in Guardian Society – and join in the debate

Listen again to Anthony Cartwright’s interview on BBC Radio 4 Front Row of Friday 23 October

Read Anthony Cartwright’s blog on Guardian Books about how he approached the subject of the BNP in his novel

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Before the Earthquake

“A story shaped as powerfully by a pitiless code of honour as it is by the cracking earth and searing sun.” – Fiona Shaw

A vibrant historical mystery set in the summer heat of an isolated rural Italian village, where an earthquake changes one woman’s life forever.

Published by Tindal Street Press on the 18th February 2010.

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