Glyn Maxwell (Book order (chronological))

Glyn Maxwell Book order (chronological)

January 1, 1962

Glyn Maxwell is a versatile literary artist whose work spans poetry, drama, novels, opera libretti, and screenplays. His poetry, often lauded and recognized among his generation's key voices, delves into complex human emotions and relationships with a penetrating use of language. In his dramatic writing, Maxwell has demonstrated a talent for crafting compelling plays staged in prominent theaters worldwide. His opera libretti, frequently inspired by classical works and contemporary issues, marry potent text with musical expression, showcasing a profound understanding of dramatic form across genres.

Girl Who Was Going to Die

368 pages
13 hours of reading

Britain is reeling from reports of a terrorist bomb on a film set that has killed a hundred people and, possibly, the brightest star in Hollywood, Thomas Bayne. Caught up in the middle of the national mourning is Susan Mantle - a rather hopeless London tour-guide - who is seen crying on a park bench and is taken up by the media as a symbol of the blitz spirit, appearing on the rolling news with the headline 'beautiful but crying'. She is crying, though, for other reasons: she's just been told by a clairvoyant that she is about to die. Reason and the real world are quickly relinquished as Susan is swept into a media maelstrom, becoming the baffled and increasingly unwilling star of reality TV. Buffeted by the demands of her new public, and her private terrors about her own mortality, Susan starts to lose control of everything.

2009

3.2