Taking An Interest by D J Taylor

Introduction from A Distant Cry Stories from East Anglia Chosen by Peter Tolhurst, 2002,  Black Dog Books Norwich: D J Taylor was born and educated firstly in Norwich to which he and his family have recently returned. His firs, partly autobiographical, novel English Settlement (1996) won the the Grinzane Cavour Award. He has also written several studies of modern British fiction and a biography of Thackery. His most recent novel The Comedy Man (2001) is set partly in Great Yarmouth. Several short stories with an East Anglian setting, including Taking An Interest, appeared in his collection After Bathing At Baxter's (1997) while Passage Migrants....was one of the series 'Tales from East Anglia' broadcast last year on BBC Radio 3. Taylor's centenary biography of George Orwell will be published in 2003. 


First Published 1999