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Tim Parfitt

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Website

http://www.timothyparfitt.com

Twitter

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Genre

Humor and Comedy, Crime, Thriller

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William Goldman

Member Since

July 2012

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My latest book, 'The Madrid Connection', was published in November 2025 - 'a fast, gripping, darkly funny page-turner'. It is a sequel to 'The Barcelona Connection', but also a standalone crime-thriller with black comedy.

These are the first two books in a planned series about an art detective called Benjamin Blake, with the first book already in development for the screen. As an author, journalist, occasional radio guest and comedy host, I am often working on several projects at the same time, but am always happy to hear from anyone who'd like to get in touch.

My non-fiction travel memoir, 'A Load of Bull - An Englishman's Adventures in Madrid', tells the story of being sent to Madrid in the late eighties for six weeks to help launch Spanis ...more

	A Load of Bull: An Englishman's Adventures in Madrid 3.58 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 2006 — 7 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 Barcelona Connection (The Connections Book 1) 3.97 avg rating — 98 ratings — 3 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 Madrid Connection (The Connections, #2) 4.39 avg rating — 18 ratings — 2 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
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Tim Parfitt wrote a new blog post Letter from Spain #75 I had brunch with two of my sons in Barcelona yesterday. Then we stumbled upon an International Women’s Day rally making its way down Passeig de Gràci Read more of this blog post »
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Tim made a comment on Roy Lotz’s review of A Load of Bull - An Englishman's Adventures in Madrid " Thank you! "
Mar 07, 2025 03:27AM · see review
Tim and 7 other people liked Roy Lotz's review of A Load of Bull - An Englishman's Adventures in Madrid: "Meeting the author of a book cannot but influence your opinion of it. I met Tim Parfitt at a book event in Secret Kingdoms (an English-language bookstore here), a few months ago, where he was promoting his newly expanded memoires. The presentation wa" Read more of this review »
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