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Lee Rourke is the author of the short story collection 'Everyday' [Social Disease Books], the novel 'The Canal' [Melville House] and the forthcoming 'A Brief History of Fables: From Aesop to Flash Fiction' [Hesperus Press]. He has been anthologized in Love Hotel City [Creation Books], Writing From The Edge [Siren Song Press, Canada], 3AM: London, Paris, New York [Social Disease Books] and The Beat Anthology [Blackheath Books]. He is also a literary critic, writing regularly for The Guardian, The Independent, TLS, The Observer, and the New Statesman, as well as leading book blogs such as Ready, Steady, Book [www.readysteadybooks.com]. He is Contributing Editor for 3:AM Magazine [www.3ammagazine.com] and also blogs at SPONGE! [www.scarecrowco...more



Hullo, I've decided to start blogging again. I have no idea why. To celebrate here's me reading from The Canal over at InDigest Magazine. read more »
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" Lee Rourke’s debut novel The Canal is a simple story that packs big themes: an unnamed man quits his job one day and walks to the canal to sit on a bench. While on the bench he aims to embrace the boredom that envelopes him. At first the narrator... "
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Currently re-reading this Beckettian exploration of voice, space and light.

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