About the Author:
Stevan Alcock is a writer, editor and translator. Originally from Yorkshire, he lived for in Berlin for many years before relocating to London to study for a B.A in German at Goldsmiths College. In 2013 he completed an M.A. (Dist.) in Contemporary Prose Fiction at Kingston University. He is currently writing his next novel.
Review:
'"Blood Relatives" is full of daring, authenticity and wit. It is a work of brutal, hilarious poetry whose portrait of a working-class England that is by turns bankrupt and picaresque is both blackly comic and illuminated by the tenderest visual evocations of time, place and the human subject. It's hard to believe that Stevan Alcock's is a new voice, so confidently does it speak: what it says is original, funny, sometimes shocking, and true' Rachel Cusk 'A thrilling book, funny, poignant, dramatic, humane and fresh. Set during the time of the Ripper murders in Yorkshire, Alcock has written a debut novel of stunning narrative control and authenticity. Stevan Alcock is a wonderful find.' Alexander Masters, author of 'Stuart: A Life Backwards' '"Blood Relatives" is an unforgettable portrait of growing up in the late seventies, of living through the terror of the Yorkshire Ripper's murders and of trying to survive a family. This is great writing with fine, subtle and beautiful observations of character . You will be hooked by this terrific new voice' David Vann, author of 'Legend of a Suicide', 'Dirt' and 'Goat Mountain'
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