Gordon Burn

Best of a decade: Books

2 Dec 2009

1. Cormac McCarthy – The Road (2006) 2. Dave Eggers – A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (2000) 3. Jonathan Franzen – The Corrections (2001) 4. James Ellroy – The Cold Six Thousand (2001) 5. A L Kennedy – Paradise (2004) 6. Louise…

Hitlist: Books

Two weeks of talks, readings and exhibitions

16 Oct 2009

Alasdair Gray, Scottish International Storytelling Festival, Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair, Ian Rankin, Helen Fitzgerald, James Ellroy, Gordon Burn

Only Connect: Gordon Burn

We pay tribute to the late author and journalist

15 Oct 2009

When Gordon Burn died in July, he left behind a shocked and saddened literary community. In the obituaries, Val McDermid wrote of his work as ‘a masterclass in engagement with society’; Richard T Kelly dubbed him one of the country’s ‘foremost prose…

Books of the year

11 Dec 2008

Gordon Burn - Born Yesterday Another remarkable literary achievement from Burn as he re-imagines the epochal news events from the summer of 2007. Chuck Palahniuk - Snuff A beautifully crafted yet typically grotesque portrayal of the porn industry…

Gordon Burn

Upsetting the traditionalists with novelised news

21 Aug 2008

‘I hate plots. Soon as I know that a film or a book or TV show has a plot, my brain can’t cope with it. If I’m watching a film and I don’t know or have forgotten what the storyline is and I’m supposed to work out who this or that person is, I just fall…

Best of the rest - Edinburgh Book Festival

Edinburgh International Book Festival

22 Jul 2008

Philip Gourevitch. Having reported on the genocide in Rwanda, Gourevitch is back with a journey into the heart of America’s darkness as Standard Operating Procedure analyses the hell of Abu Ghraib. Steven Berkoff In town to direct On the Waterfront…

Gordon Burn - Born Yesterday

27 Mar 2008

NOVELISED HISTORY (Faber) Having dabbled in the world of real life Manchester United legends in Best and Edwards and fictionalised the stories of semi-real boxers and comedians for The North England Home Service, Gordon Burn’s latest, the ‘News as a…

Gordon Burn - Best and Edwards

Gordon Burn

18 Sep 2006

SPORT BIOGRAPHY On the day of the recent Champions League clash between Manchester United and Celtic, the shirt George Best wore while scoring six goals for the Red Devils against Northampton in 1970 was sold in auction for £24,000. It feels…