Nick Harkaway
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| Born | Nicholas Cornwell 1972 (age 48–49) Cornwall, England |
| Occupation | Novelist, commentator |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Notable works | The Gone-Away World, Angelmaker, The Blind Giant, Gnomon |
| Relatives | John Le Carré (father) |
Nicholas Cornwell (born 1972), better known by his pen name Nick Harkaway, is a British novelist and commentator. As Harkaway, he is the author of the novels The Gone-Away World, Angelmaker, Tigerman, and Gnomon; and a non-fiction study of the digital world, The Blind Giant: Being Human in a Digital World. Cornwell has also written two novels under the pseudonym Aidan Truhen.[1]
Life[]
Harkaway was born Nicholas Cornwell in Cornwall. He is the son of Valérie Jane Eustace and author John le Carré.[2]
Harkaway was educated at the independent University College School in North London,[3] and Clare College, Cambridge, where he studied philosophy, sociology and politics and took up Shorinji Kan Jiu Jitsu. He worked in the film industry before becoming an author.[4]
Fiction[]
The Gone-Away World[]
The Gone-Away World (2009) is Harkaway's first novel. Originally titled The Wages of Gonzo Lubitsch,[5] it concerns a number of ex-special forces operatives turned truckers who are hired to perform a dangerous mission in a post-apocalyptic world.[2]
Angelmaker[]
Angelmaker (2013) is a spy thriller detailing a clockmaker's attempt to stop a Cold War era doomsday weapon.
Tigerman[]
Tigerman (2014) concerns a superhero origin story on an impoverished and doomed tropical island.
Gnomon[]
Gnomon (2017) deals with a state that exerts ubiquitous surveillance on its population. A detective investigates a murder through unconventional methods that leads to questions about her society's very nature.
The Price You Pay (as Aidan Truhen)[]
The Price You Pay (2018) concerns a drug dealer's quest for revenge on those who took out a contract on his life.
Seven Demons (as Aidan Truhen)[]
Seven Demons (2021), a sequel to The Price You Pay, is a heist thriller about an attempt to rob a high-security bank in Switzerland.
Non-fiction[]
The Blind Giant (2012), Harkaway's first work of non-fiction, dealt with the effect of digital change on society and what it means to be human.
Views on Google Book settlement[]
Harkaway has been an outspoken critic of the Google Book Search Settlement Agreement, posting on his blog,[6] speaking out on BBC Radio’s The World at One in May 2009, and appearing on a television debate with Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Tom Watson MP in September 2009.
References[]
- ^ "Nick Harkaway, Author at Tor Nightfire". Tor Nightfire. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Jones, Philip (April 15, 2011). "John Murray picks up Harkaway on digital". The Bookseller. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- ^ "I blame the schools". Futurebook. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
- ^ "Nick Harkaway | Conville and Walsh Literary Agents". Convilleandwalsh.com. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
- ^ Harkaway, Nick (12 November 2008). "Your cities are now hours". Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ "Google Crunch Time". Nick Harkaway. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
External links[]
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- Official website
- Review of The Gone-Away World, The Guardian
- Nick Harkaway at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Nick Harkaway at Library of Congress Authorities, with 4 catalogue records
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- 1972 births
- 21st-century English novelists
- English science fiction writers
- Living people
- Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge
- English male novelists
- Novelists from Cornwall
- 21st-century English male writers
- People educated at University College School
- English male non-fiction writers
- 21st-century pseudonymous writers