Philip Hensher

Author

Philip Hensher is a distinguished British novelist, critic and academic whose fiction explores British society with sharp observation and literary ambition. His novel To Battersea Park is characteristic of his ability to illuminate the textures of contemporary life through carefully crafted prose and keen social observation. Hensher has... been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and has written numerous critically acclaimed novels including The Northern Clemency, Scenes from Early Life and The Emperor Waltz. He is also a prominent literary critic and has written for The Guardian, The Spectator and other major publications. Hensher is a professor of creative writing at the University of Bath Spa and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His fiction ranges across different periods and settings but is consistently characterised by its intelligence, its attention to the details of social interaction and its ambition to capture the complexity of how people live. His approach to the novel combines traditional storytelling skill with a modernist interest in form and perspective. The audiobook edition, narrated by Richard Burnip, brings his elegant, socially perceptive fiction to listeners who appreciate contemporary literary fiction at its finest. Read more Show less