"John King is an adventurous avant-garde novelist. The sheer virtuosity of his language overflows with a richness of invention that propels the reader through even the most gruelling ordeals." --The Independent

"King is perhaps the most passionately liberal writer in Britain today." --The Big Issue

"An unusually serious novelist - serious both about the form itself, and the reasons for reading and writing." -- --The Guardian
 

John King is the author of eight previous novels - The Football Factory, Headhunters, England Away, Human Punk, White Trash, Skinheads, The Prison House and The Liberal Politics Of Adolf Hitler.