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John Lanchester


Born
in Hamburg, Germany
February 25, 1962

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Business


John Lanchester is the author of four novels and three books of non-fiction. He was born in Germany and moved to Hong Kong. He studied in UK. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and was awarded the 2008 E.M. Forster Award. He lives in London.

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Average rating: 3.67 · 52,542 ratings · 6,377 reviews · 29 distinct works • Similar authors
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The Debt to Pleasure
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Fragrant Harbor
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Mr Phillips
3.25 avg rating — 1,348 ratings — published 2000 — 7 editions
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Reality and Other Stories
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How to Speak Money: What th...
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Family Romance: A Love Story
3.86 avg rating — 383 ratings — published 2007 — 23 editions
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What We Talk about When We ...
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“The person doing the worrying experiences it as a form of love; the person being worried about experiences it as a form of control.”
― John Lanchester, Capital
tags: control, love, worry
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“The standard personality type for a writer is a shy megalomaniac.”
― John Lanchester
tags: authors, humir, writing
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“But knowing that you had gone wrong, and knowing how you had gone wrong, were not the same thing as knowing how to put it right.”
― John Lanchester, Capital
tags: knowing, wrong-and-right
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