Paul Hoffman

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The United Kingdom

gender

male

website

http://www.lefthandofgod.com/

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Possibly the only novelist of his generation to be born by the light of a paraffin lamp, Paul Hoffman spent much of his childhood on airfields all around the world watching his father – a pioneer of sports parachuting and European Champion – jumping out of aeroplanes. After a long battle with the English educational system which involved avoiding school whenever possible he was offered a place to read English at New College, Oxford when no other university would interview him. After graduating he worked in over twenty different jobs, including boardman in a betting shop, messenger boy to a City merchant bank and teacher. He was also senior film censor at the British Board of Film Classification.

His first novel, The Wisdom of Crocodiles took...more

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Average rating: 3.60 · 6,498 ratings · 716 reviews · 6 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Left Hand of God (The Left Hand of God, #1) 3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 4,702 ratings — published 2010 — 33 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Four Things (The Left Hand of God, #2) 3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 1,815 ratings — published 2011 — 24 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wisdom of Crocodiles 3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Golden Age of Censorship 3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Beating of His Wings (The Left Hand of God #3) 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — expected publication 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Renovating Your Home for Maximum Profit, Revised 3rd Edition by Dan Lieberman, Paul Hoffman 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Left Hand of God (3 books)
by Paul Hoffman
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“Where have you come from boy?'
He looked at her again.
'From hell, to take you away in the night and eat you.”
― Paul Hoffman, The Left Hand of God

tags: hell

25 people liked it

“Listen. The Sanctuary of the Redeemers on Shotover Scarp is named after a damned lie for there is no redemption that goes on there and less sanctuary”
― Paul Hoffman, The Left Hand of God

tags: gripping, opening-lines

20 people liked it

“To be sociable is a risky thing—even fatal—because it means being in contact with people, most of whom are dull, perverse and ignorant and are really with you only because they cannot bear their own company. Most people bore themselves and greet you not as a true friend but as a distraction—like a dancing dog or some half-wit actor
with a fund of amusing stories.”
― Paul Hoffman, The Left Hand of God

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