La Rochelle

Debut novel from Michael Nath.

‘Stylish, very funny, discreetly surprising, this remarkable novel reads at times like a fable of England under New Labour, where nothing is quite what it seems and not much is worth what it costs.’ – Michael Wood

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ISBN: 9781901927436
Extent: 288 pages

Author: Michael Nath

Advance copies of La Rochelle are available to order for immediate despatch.

Like the gales that blow around the equinox, the disappearance of his friend’s woman stirs up the life of a doctor, placing him in the power of a subtle enchanter and threatening professional ruin. Will it make or break him?

Set during the hostage crisis of 2004, against a background of superheated thinking and sexual oblivion, this study in modern heroism tests adoration to the limit.

‘Stylish, very funny, discreetly surprising, this remarkable novel reads at times like a fable of England under New Labour, where nothing is quite what it seems and not much is worth what it costs.’ –
Michael Wood

‘Jules et Jim with a postmodern twist.  Nath has a confidence and attitude that rocks you on every page.’ – Daisy Goodwin

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    The launch event for Michael Nath's novel La Rochelle, held at 309 Regent Street, London. Includes a short reading from the book. (8:50)
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Michael Nath Interview - La Rochelle

Michael Nath answers questions on his novel La Rochelle. 'I was trying to write a novel that wasn’t too much like a ‘novel’. It had to have the qualities of life instead, such as thickness, abundance, presence, a degree of untidiness. I was after something baroque and dishevelled, with a coat of varnish.'

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Michael Nath

Michael Nath was brought up in South Wales and Lincolnshire. He is a lecturer in English at the University of Westminster, and has published short stories in Critical Quarterly, Stand, Main Street Journal and Billy Liar. La Rochelle is his first novel. His stories also feature in Wonderwall, Ideas Above our Station, Bonne Route and The Route Book at Bedtime.

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