Welcome to our new-look site. It’s official – after months of uncertainty, we are finally able to confirm that the Dan Rhodes franchise is being rebooted in spectacular fashion.
On 4th February his new book, Little Hands Clapping, will hit the shelves – in a magnificent Canongate hardback edition for just £10. Here’s what Douglas Coupland has to say about it: “Dan Rhodes is totally sick and brilliant in all the right ways. He sucks you into his world and before you know it, you’re willingly trapped. So very smart. I loved it.”
Also imminent is a handsome new edition of Timoleon Vieta Come Home (‘A masterpiece’ – The Observer) and, to mark an extraordinary ten years since it first came out, a cut-price, pocket edition of Anthropology (‘A book you’ll want to hurl from rooftops at passers-by to spread the word’ – Uncut). Finally, Anthropology is available for not much more than a pint and a packet of peanuts. Or maybe even less:
FREE DAN RHODES. Yes, it’s true. Waterstone’s Quarterly will be giving away a free copy of Anthropology with their current edition. This is all very selected-stores-only/while-stocks-last, so keep ’em peeled and act fast…
This is set to be a busy year for Rhodes, and we’ll be posting news here and on our brand new Readings page. A massive international tour is already in the offing, with events being finalised for Edinburgh, Laugharne and Glasgow, with more to follow.
Other News
People of Vardø, people of Vindafjord, people of Vestvågøy – take to the streets in jubilation because Rhodes’ book Gold is now out in a handsome Norwegian edition, thanks to our friends at Baskerville. Here it is:
On the subject of Gold, Michael Holroyd chose it for the Guardian’s Books of the Year round-up:
“In a year of mostly reading fiction my great discovery has been Gold by Dan Rhodes. This is an original novel, funny, dark, pitched somewhere between the pub novels of Patrick Hamilton and the early fiction of Beryl Bainbridge. It’s hilarious and heartbreaking.”
Rhodes has also contributed to some Books of the Year pages, recommending Neverland by Simon Crump, They Is Us by Tama Janowitz and The Maintenance of Headway by Magnus Mills.
Rhodes is known for his chameleonic image changes, so just in case you were wondering what he looks like these days, here is his official new author photo – taken at home in Edinburgh in November 2009. Win points by spotting dogs.
That’s it for now, but there will be plenty more news as the year unfolds – tour dates, foreign editions, win-a-year’s-supply-of-yeast competitions, etc etc..
Happy reading.
