{"product_id":"word-monkey-paperback","title":"Word Monkey - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Fowler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the memoir Christopher Fowler always wanted to write about 'writing'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's the story of how a young bookworm growing up in a house where there was nothing to read but knitting pamphlets and motorcycle manuals became a writer - a 'word monkey' - and pursued a sort of career in popular fiction. And it's a book full of brilliant insights into the pleasures and pitfalls of his profession, dos and don'ts for would-be writers, and astute observations on favourite (and not-so-favourite) novelists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But woven into this hugely entertaining and inspiring reflection on a literary life is an altogether darker thread. In Spring 2020, just as the world went into lockdown, Chris was diagnosed with terminal cancer. And yet there is nothing of the misery memoir about \u003ci\u003eWord Monkey\u003c\/i\u003e. Past and present intermingle as, in prose as light as air, he relates with wry humour and remarkable honesty what he knows will be the final chapter in his story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Deeply moving, insightful and surprisingly funny, this is Christopher Fowler's life-affirming account of coming to terms with his own mortality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e '\u003cb\u003eA remarkable book by a remarkable writer: amazingly entertaining and informative and also, for obvious reasons, one of the most moving.'\u003c\/b\u003e SIMON MASON, author of the \u003ci\u003eDI Wilkins Mysteries\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wonderful . . . there is no bitterness here, but a hearty celebration of how art defines a life, with dark humour on the right occasions and the deliberate aim to leave a positive message . . . his enthusiasm is infectious and sobering when you are aware that he was dying as he wrote these pages.' \u003c\/b\u003eMaxim Jacubowski, \u003ci\u003eCRIME TIME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Fowler\u003c\/b\u003e was the multiple award-winning author of almost 50 novels and short story collections, including the celebrated Bryant \u0026amp; May mysteries. His other novels include \u003ci\u003eRoofworld\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpanky\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sand Men\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHot Water\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also written two acclaimed memoirs, \u003ci\u003ePaperboy \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the Green Carnation Prize) and \u003ci\u003eFilm Freak\u003c\/i\u003e, plus \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Forgotten Authors \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePeculiar London\u003c\/i\u003e, Bryant and May's singular and eccentric guide to the city. In 2015, Chris was awarded the Crime Writers Association's coveted 'Dagger in the Library' for his body of work. He lived in London and Barcelona. Diagnosed with cancer just as the UK went into lockdown in 2020, Chris died in 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 25, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47192491884793,"sku":"9781804992586","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/hhiZE667H89781804992586.webp?v=1767898981","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/word-monkey-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}