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Howard Male

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Born

Cambridge, The United Kingdom

Website

http://etcetcamen.com/

Genre

Rock Novel, Murder Mystery, Religious Satire

Influences

Kurt Vonnegut, Martin Amis, Vladimir Nabokov, Douglas Adams, Ian McEwa ...more

Member Since

May 2012

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Howard Male was born in Cambridge, England and currently lives in deepest south London. He has been a painter, a rock musician (https://soundcloud.com/#h-i-male ) and, in more recent years, a music and arts critic for UK publications The Independent, The Arts Desk (http://www.theartsdesk.com/users/howa...), Songlines and the now sadly defunct The Word (http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/music...). He describes his first novel, 'Etc Etc Amen,' as, "either an airport novel with ideas above its station, or a literary novel that's having too much fun for its own good." ...more

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	Etc Etc Amen 3.55 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 2012 — 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
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Howard rated a book really liked it A Glass of Albarino and a Pillowcase of Bones by Jon Flynn	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
So evocative of all the times and places Mr Flynn has lived through. Funny, sharp and always entertaining - just like the man himself!
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