Barbara Trapido

Barbara Trapido is a South African-born British novelist known for her witty, warm, and richly plotted literary fiction. Brother of the More Famous Jack, her debut, won the Whitbread Special Prize for Fiction and became a cult classic. It is a sparkling coming-of-age novel about a young woman drawn into the orbit of a chaotic, brilliant academic family. Her audiobooks and books are wonderful listening and reading for fans of intelligent, character-driven fiction with real warmth and humour.