“There was a kindness in him, for above all Carl was a man who understood grief and trouble and the power of writing to save us”
Moy McCrory, Derby University, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing
“Carl was one of those people whose political grasp was matched by a searing kind of wit. He could hardly believe what he was seeing and understanding in the world around him and he could show that devastatingly and always with mordant humour”.
John Worthen, D H Lawrence scholar.
- Author’s Club Award 2002
- Shortlisted for Whitbread First Novel Award 2002
- Manchester City Life Writer of the Year 2000
- Nominated for Silver Pen Award
New book due to be published in 2021 ‘Tradition, Literature and Politics in East Central Europe’ (Routledge)
