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Jacques Strauss

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Johannesburg, South Africa

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I was born and raised in South Africa and lived in New Zealand for a few years. I moved to London in 2005. In my twenties, I was a failed playwright but when I turned thirty, I decided this was undignified and decided to become a failed author instead. This seemed more glamorous. But then hey - I got published: UK May 19 2011 (Cape); US August 30 2011 (FSG).

During the day I'm a freelance digital producer. This ensures that I enjoy life's little pleasures like food and shelter.

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Favourite Books and Influeces

This is a blog I wrote for the Vintage Books website - which is will well worth checking out. But I will be posting the Vintage blogs here as well.

I love it when a famous person, be they an actor, politician, writer or celebrity is asked what their favourite book is. It’s a real bitch of a question for a number of reasons:

(1) The interviewer is asking them to distil everything that they love a... read more »

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	The Dubious Salvation of Jack V.: A Novel 3.19 of 5 stars 3.19 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2011 — 5 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 Dubious Salvation Of Jack V. 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	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 Russian Debutante's Handbook

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Jacques is now friends with Justin Barratt
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Jacques made a comment on First Novels & Autobiography: "Oh no! Not one more of those people ... I guess you keep us on the straight and narrow "
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Jacques is currently reading: The Russian Debutante's Handbook by Gary Shteyngart	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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Jacques made a comment on his review of The Naked and the Dead "You are incorrigible "
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Jacques rated a book 5 of 5 stars A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (Goodreads Author) read in April, 2011	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
Really fun - good stuff
Apr 20, 2011 09:30am · see review
Jacques rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer	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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Jacques rated a book 5 of 5 stars Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland read in April, 2011	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
Utterly bizarre and wonderful. Too cool
Apr 17, 2011 07:55am · see review
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