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Jacques Strauss

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Born

Johannesburg, South Africa

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http://jacquesstrauss.com/

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Literature & Fiction

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March 2010

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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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Jacques Strauss's Blog

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 abou Read more of this blog post »

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Published on May 18, 2011 03:38 • Tags: favourite-books, influences, publishing, writing

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	The Dubious Salvation of Jack V.: A Novel 3.15 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2011 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Curator 3.44 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Das Jahr meiner zweifelhaften Erlösung: Roman by Jacques Strauss (Goodreads Author), Stefanie Jacobs (Translator) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Jungle Jim #15 by Dzekashu MacViban, H.A. Higgo, Tatum Davis 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Jungle Jim #18 by Lauri Kubuitsile (Goodreads Author), Laki 'Mark' Muthiora, Philip Vermaas 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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