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Writer talk: Thomas McMullan
Sun, 17 Nov
|Rochester Library
Set in a near future, "The Last Good Man" is a troubling, uncanny book about fear and atonement, responsibility and justice.


Time & Location
17 Nov 2024, 15:30 – 16:30
Rochester Library, Community Hub Rochester, Eastgate, Rochester ME1 1EW, UK
About the event
WRITER TALK: THOMAS MCMULLAN
Thomas McMullan is a writer and artist. His debut novel, The Last Good Man (Bloomsbury) won the 2021 Betty Trask Prize. His second novel, Groundwater, will be published by Bloomsbury in 2025. His short fiction and poetry have been published in Granta, 3:AM Magazine and Best British Short Stories, and his journalistic work has appeared in publications including the Guardian, Times Literary Supplement, Frieze, ArtReview and BBC News. He has also worked with theatre companies and games studios in London, Amsterdam and Los Angeles, including Punchdrunk, The Chinese Room and Roll7 (Bafta: Best British Game, 2023).
The Last Good Man "A Scarlet Letter for our times" - Margaret Atwood
"An extraordinary and disquieting work of imagination, and as original as any novel I've read in recent memory" Rob Doyle
"The Last Good Man is viciously captivating: frightening to be around, impossible to put aside" - The Guardian