Graham Swift
British novelist whose Waterland and Last Orders are considered among the finest English novels of the late twentieth century. Last Orders won the Booker Prize in 1996. His quiet, meditative fiction explores English provincial life, memory, and loss.
Works
- WaterlandA teacher recounts the history of England and the Fens through storytelling
- Last OrdersFour men reunite after decades for one last pub visit and reflection
- ShuttlecockBritish man obsessed with his father's secret loses grip on his own reality
- Ever AfterPsychologist constructs false memoirs to escape his troubled marriage and existence
- Wish You Were HereWidower returns to seaside village after years of estrangement and grief