Nick Harkaway
Nick Harkaway | |
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| Born | Nicholas Cornwell 26 November 1972 Cornwall, England |
| Occupation | Novelist, commentator |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Notable works | The Gone-Away World, Angelmaker, The Blind Giant, Gnomon |
| Parents | John le Carré (father) |
Nicholas Cornwell (born 26 November 1972), better known by his pen name Nick Harkaway, is a British novelist and commentator. As Harkaway, he is the author of the novels The Gone-Away World, Angelmaker (which was nominated for the 2013 Arthur C. Clarke award), Tigerman, and Gnomon; and a non-fiction study of the digital world, The Blind Giant: Being Human in a Digital World. Cornwell has also written two novels under the pseudonym Aidan Truhen.[1]
Life[edit]
Harkaway was born Nicholas Cornwell in Cornwall. He is the son of Valerie Jane Eustace and author David Cornwell, known under his pen name John le Carré.[2]
Harkaway was educated at the independent University College School in North London,[3] and Clare College, Cambridge, where he studied philosophy, sociology and politics and took up Shorinji Kan Jiu Jitsu. He worked in the film industry before becoming an author.[4]
Fiction[edit]
The Gone-Away World[edit]
The Gone-Away World (2008) is Harkaway's first novel. Originally titled The Wages of Gonzo Lubitsch,[5] it concerns a number of ex-special forces operatives turned truckers who are hired to perform a dangerous mission in a post-apocalyptic world.[2]
Angelmaker[edit]
Angelmaker (2013) is a spy thriller detailing a clockmaker's attempt to stop a Cold War era doomsday weapon. Angelmaker won Best Novel in the 2013 Kitschies and was also nominated for that year's Arthur C. Clarke award.
Tigerman[edit]
Tigerman (2014) concerns a superhero origin story on an impoverished and doomed tropical island.
Gnomon[edit]
Gnomon (2017) deals with a state that exerts ubiquitous surveillance on its population. A detective investigates a murder through unconventional methods that leads to questions about her society's very nature.
The Price You Pay (as Aidan Truhen)[edit]
The Price You Pay (2018) concerns a drug dealer's quest for revenge on those who took out a contract on his life.
Seven Demons (as Aidan Truhen)[edit]
Seven Demons (2021), a sequel to The Price You Pay, is a heist thriller about an attempt to rob a high-security bank in Switzerland.
Titanium Noir[edit]
Titanium Noir (2023) is a futuristic crime thriller involving Titans, humans who have undergone genetic alterations which extend their lives and trigger growth such that they are many feet taller than normal human beings.
Non-fiction[edit]
The Blind Giant (2012), Harkaway's first work of non-fiction, deals with the effect of digital change on society and what it means to be human.
Views on Google Book settlement[edit]
Harkaway has been an outspoken critic of the Google Book Search Settlement Agreement, posting on his blog,[6] speaking out on BBC Radio's The World at One in May 2009, and appearing on a television debate with Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Tom Watson MP in September 2009.
References[edit]
- ^ "Nick Harkaway, Author at Tor Nightfire". Tor Nightfire. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ a b Jones, Philip (15 April 2011). "John Murray picks up Harkaway on digital". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 18 April 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- ^ "I blame the schools". Futurebook. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- ^ "Nick Harkaway | Conville and Walsh Literary Agents". Convilleandwalsh.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ^ Harkaway, Nick (12 November 2008). "Your cities are now hours". Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ "Google Crunch Time". Nick Harkaway. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Review of The Gone-Away World, The Guardian
- Nick Harkaway at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Nick Harkaway at Library of Congress, with 4 library catalogue records
| International | |
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- 1972 births
- 21st-century English novelists
- English science fiction writers
- Living people
- Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge
- English male novelists
- Novelists from Cornwall
- 21st-century English male writers
- People educated at University College School
- English male non-fiction writers
- 21st-century pseudonymous writers