Richard Mason





Richard Mason

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Richard Mason (born 1977) is an English novelist.

Born in Johannesburg, in South Africa, he was ten years old when he moved to England with his parents. He was educated at Eton and New College Oxford. His first novel, The Drowning People, was published during his first year at Oxford, and has since been translated into 22 languages.

He set up the Kay Mason Foundation, in memory of his sister, who died when he was a child. The aim of the foundation is to make the best education available for young people in South Africa.The foundation has the patronage of Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu.


Average rating: 3.49 · 2,407 ratings · 445 reviews · 19 distinct works · Similar authors
History of a Pleasure Seeker
3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 1,464 ratings — published 2011 — 17 editions
The Drowning People
3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 639 ratings — published 1999 — 23 editions
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3.31 of 5 stars 3.31 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2004 — 17 editions
Natural Elements
3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2008 — 13 editions
The World of Suzie Wong
4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
Der Liebesbeweis.
2.78 of 5 stars 2.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions
Muistojen huoneet
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2.5 of 5 stars 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2008
Verloren zielen
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
Minutenwalzer
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating2 editions
From a Shotgun Shack
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013
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“He doesn't want to hurt anybody , you know. He is good, nice, kind. But he has got a small heart --- to small to hold much feeling. Maybe just enough for himself, but not enough feeling to give out to anybody. He couldn't really love anybody, that man. - Suzie Wong (The World of Suzie Wong)”
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“The adventures of adolescence had taught Piet Barol that he was extremely attractive to most women and to many men. He was old enough to be pragmatic about this advantage, young enough to be immodest, and experienced enough to suspect that it might be decisive in this, as in other circumstances.”
Richard Mason, History of a Pleasure Seeker

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