Hello everyone. Our copies of Little Hands Clapping have, at last, been delivered to the skyscraper, and our silent vigil has come to an end. The trouble is, since reading the book we have all been struck dumb by its brilliance, so not one of us has uttered a word for several weeks now.
Since our last update Rhodes has kicked off the 2010 leg of his world tour in spectacular fashion at Blackwell’s in Edinburgh. More readings to come in Glasgow, Laugharne, Aberdeen and back in Edinburgh. Many more TBC. Details are posted on the Readings page as they come in.
In a rare move, Rhodes has allowed Her Majesty’s Press into his home. Read his interview with The Independent on Sunday’s Katy Guest here.
Little Hands Clapping has also reached number three in The Only Chart That Counts – Heat magazine’s Top 10. They’ve given it five stars. Magnificent.
Glowing reviews are still piling up. Rhodes has even made the pages of The Financial Times: “Dan Rhodes has deservedly made a name for himself as an assured comic stylist. [Little Hands Clapping is] an amusing fable about thwarted altruism and good intentions gone askew. It should please cynical idealists and idealistic cynics alike.”
And now we’re off to lie in a darkened room and apply cold compresses to our tender brows as we try to work out the difference between a cynical idealist and an idealistic cynic.
Happy reading.
