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Adam Thirlwell

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January 01, 1978 in The United Kingdom

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Literature & Fiction

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Adam Thirlwell was born in 1978 and grew up in North London. He is a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford and assistant editor of Areté magazine.

His first novel, 'Politics', a love story with digressions, was published in 2003, and his second book, 'Miss Herbert: A Book of Novels, Romances & Their Unknown Translators, Containing Ten Languages, Set on Four Continents & Accompanied by Maps, Portraits, Squiggles, Illustrations, & a Variety of Helpful Indexes', in 2007. 'Miss Herbert' won a 2008 Somerset Maugham Award. His third novel is 'The Escape' (2009).

In 2003, Adam Thirlwell was named by Granta magazine as one of twenty 'Best of Young British novelists'. He lives in Oxford.

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Books by Adam Thirlwell

Average rating: 3.59 · 465 ratings · 92 reviews · 17 distinct works

	Politics 3.27 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 2003 — 13 editions	My rating:
	The Delighted States: A Book of Novels, Romances, and Their Unknown Translators, Containing Ten Languages, Set on Four Continents, and Accompanied by Maps, Portraits, Squiggles, Illustrations, and a Variety of Helpful Indexes 3.86 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Escape 3.44 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Mademoiselle O by Adam Thirlwell, Riccardo Cravero (Translator) 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Kapow! 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	The Delighted States: A Book of Novels, Romances, & Their Unknown Translators, Containing Ten Languages, Set on Four Conti 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Politiek 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	La Huida: Una Novela En Cinco Partes by Adam Thirlwell, Aleix Montoto (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	The Museum of Eterna's Novel (The First Good Novel) by Macedonio Fernández, Margaret Schwartz (Translator), Adam Thirlwell 3.86 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1967 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Down the Rabbit Hole by Juan Pablo Villalobos, Adam Thirlwell (Introduction), Rosalind Harvey (Translator) 3.89 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Adam Thirlwell

“The problem with breaking up with someone, if you are a little unsure — and so often, people are unsure — is that breaking up involves persuasion. You have to persuade your ex that it is better this way for everyone. And this is difficult if you have not entirely persuaded yourself. It is especially tricky to do this if you are also naked, and making two cups of coffee.”
― Adam Thirlwell, Politics

tags: breaking-up , love , persuasion , relationshops

12 people liked it

“When a clandestine couple kisses, it is much more likely that sex will immediately follow. This is because there is much more risk. Once you have kissed secretly, it is very difficult not to have sex. It would be impolite not to have sex. You have to show that you are serious about each other.”
― Adam Thirlwell, Politics

tags: couples , kiss , love , relationships , sex

9 people liked it

“I don't think I could ever live with either a man or a woman for a long time. Male and female are attractive to my mind, but when it comes to the sexual act I am afraid. In every situation I need a lot of stimulation before I am conquered by the forces of passion and lust. But confusion, before and after, is the dominant factor.

I dreamed many times about a mature man with experience who would have the vigour of a boy but an adult's polished methods. Strangely enough, I also dreamed about women of my mother's age who were ideal lovers. These dreams came superimposed on one another. Sometimes the masculine element was dominant, sometimes the feminine one. At other times I wasn't sure. I saw a female body with male organs or a male body with female ones. These pictures, blended together in my mind, occasionally brought pleasure but more often pain.”
― Adam Thirlwell, Politics

tags: bisexuality , confusion , identity-crisis

5 people liked it

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Topics Mentioning This Author

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UK Book Club: Top 20 Young British Writers	25	80	Sep 23, 2010 07:42am
readers advisory ...: for a friend: i think she means irvine welsh type books?	14	25	Oct 12, 2011 08:55am

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