Jude Morgan studied creative writing under Malcolm Bradbury and Angela Carter, honing a literary style that delves into the complexities of human relationships and moral dilemmas. His work is characterized by a keen insight into the human psyche, exploring profound themes with a sophisticated narrative approach. Morgan's compelling stories offer readers thought-provoking explorations that resonate long after the final page is turned.
It begins. Lilly Goodridge always wanted to be an actress, but fame is an unwanted side effect she's desperate to escape - along with the City of Angels and her enigmatic boyfriend. So she takes a tiny film role across the pond in a quiet seaside town where nobody can find her. Except for Tom.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTION A war-poem both historic and frighteningly topical, Assurances begins in the 1950s during a period of vigilance and dread in the middle of the Cold War: the long stand- off between nuclear powers, where the only defence was the threat of mutually assured destruction.
At first, these extraordinary poems may unsettle and disturb, but the next reading could be one of rapture and astonishment; It is a book that acts out its own subjects - dualities, ambiguities, boundaries - through physical dislocation, through patterns of interference.
A witty and romantic novel of Regency love, family and appalling scandal, from a latter-day Jane Austen When their strait-laced, domineering father, Sir Clement Carnell, dies, Valentine throws open their Devonshire estate of Pennacombe to their fashionable cousins from London and Louisa feels free at last to reject the man Sir Clement wanted her to marry. Soon, the temptations of Regency London beckon, including the beautiful, scandalous, and very married Lady Harriet Eversholt, with whom Valentine becomes dangerously involved. Meanwhile, Louisa finds that freedom of choice is as daunting as it is exciting. Will the opportunity to indulge in a little folly lead to fulfillment—or disaster? A Little Folly is a novel to make Jane Austen proud and Georgette Heyer envious. An acclaimed author of historical fiction, Jude Morgan weaves together the very best of Regency era writing with "refreshingly original characters, an intriguing plot, and an elegantly ironic style." (RT Book Reviews on Indiscretion). In this exciting new novel, Morgan delivers a story that, yet again, will bring cheers from critics and readers alike.
In early August 991, a ragtag army of Anglo-Saxons joined battle with a party of Viking raiders at Maldon on the coast of Essex. The encounter was recorded in an Old English long poem, though only the work's middle section survives. Applying a modern perspective to its heroic ideals, J.O. Morgan re-imagines that summer's day on which some men fought, loyal to the end, and some men fled, fearing the battle was already lost.
The story revolves around Peter Fox, who finds his true passion as a bowling alley owner in the village of Koopersville, Upstate New York. His establishment, featuring modern automatic pinsetters, quickly becomes a beloved hub for the community, symbolizing connection and camaraderie among the villagers. The narrative explores the impact of the bowling alley on the local culture and the relationships it fosters within the town.
The greatest writer of them all, brought to glorious life. How well do you know the man you love? How much do you think you know about Shakespeare? What if they were one and the same? He is an ordinary man: unwilling craftsman, ambitious actor, resentful son, almost good-enough husband. And he is also a genius. The story of how a glove-maker from Warwickshire became the greatest writer of them all is vaguely known to most of us, but it would take an exceptional modern novelist to bring him to life. And now at last Jude Morgan, acclaimed author of Passion and The Taste of Sorrow, has taken Shakespeare's life, and created a masterpiece.
An apprenticeship, a first motorbike, knocking about the world (Canada, Hong Kong, South Africa, Australia, Fiji), loving and being loved and moving on - as Rocky moves into adulthood, Long Cuts tracks a life made distinctive by its rich vitality and resourcefulness, qualities that are matched in its telling.A sequel to Natural Mechanical.
The ultimate family story, told by one of the most acclaimed historical novelists writing today
Handicapped at school by his dyslexia and facing the strap at home, Rocky seeks out his own education from the fields and streams around him on the Isle of Skye. He develops an instinctive talent for improvisation: cord to snare rabbits fashioned from nettle stalks, a bicycle from scrap metal, a trip to France with just a few coins in the pocket of his shorts. Lyrical and continually surprising, this is a heroic narrative on a down-to-earth scale.