· London#58; The lives of a professional shoplifter and a young art student collide. Delia must atone for a terrible mistake; Tess is desperate to be a real artist. With the threat of the criminal underworld encroaching, only their friendship can save them from disaster.4/5(1). David Wharton is the author of Finer Things ( avg rating, 36 ratings, 23 reviews, published ) and Teaching Analysis of Film Language (Bfi Teachin /5(23). I grew up on a council estate in Ashington, Northumberland. My father was a welder; mother variously a housewife, factory worker, photographer's assistant, school cleaner, care worker. After university, I taught at schools and colleges, mainly in Leicester. I published some poetry and co-authored a couple of textbooks. In , I signed up for an.
Finer Things. by. David Wharton (Goodreads Author) · Rating details · 38 ratings · 23 reviews. London: The lives of a professional shoplifter and a young art student collide. Delia needs to atone for a terrible mistake; Tess is desperate to convince herself she really is an artist. Elsewhere in London, the Krays are on the rise. Wharton's writing style is oozing with eloquence, wit and nuance Chiara Bullen * CommonSpace * Strong characters and a vivid recreation of the times Alastair Mabbott * The Herald * Vibrant, absorbing and bursting with the unexpected, Finer Things is a sideways look at s London, in which art school bohemia meets the gangster underworld. About the Tutor: Dr David Wharton. I started writing fiction on a course very like this one. It changed my life, leading to a PhD in Creative Writing, and the publication of my debut, Finer Things - one of the "best crime books of " (Sarah Hughes, i newspaper). I'm now finishing off my third novel.
The ‘Swinging Sixties’ are widely accepted to be a defining decade in Britain’s history. A time when Britain began to climb away from the atrocities of the Second World War and welcome in a new world of freedom and a generation breaking with convention. It is in this world David Wharton chooses to set his debut novel, Finer Things; a book where worlds collide and two young women learn what they need, and perhaps what they don’t, in order to survive. David Wharton is the author of Finer Things ( avg rating, 36 ratings, 23 reviews, published ) and Teaching Analysis of Film Language (Bfi Teachin. Then I started on the project that was published in as Finer Things. I’m working on a new novel about a fictional late s indie band, and I have a day job in the School of Education at the University of Leicester.
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