Tim Parks
Born in Manchester in 1954, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard. In 1981 he moved to Italy where he has lived ever since, raising a family of three children. He has written fourteen novels including Europa (shortlisted for the Booker prize), Destiny, Cleaver, Sex is Forbidden and, most recently, Painting Death, all of them published in half a dozen countries.
Painting Death
Morris Duckworth has a dark past. Having married and murdered his way into a wealthy Italian family he has long left aside the paperweight and the pillow to become a respected member of Veronese business life. But it’s not enough. Never satisfied with being anything short of the best, he comes up with a plan to put on the most exciting art exhibition of the decade, based on a subject close to his heart: killing.
Painting Death is the sequel to Cara Massimina and Mimi’s Ghost.
Readings
Lehmkuhl München, 24 November 2015, 8 pm
- Chair: Maidt-Zinke
- Excerpts will be read by: Peter Veit
- Tickets: 7- €
Lehmanns Leipzig, 25 November 2015, 8.15 pm
- Chair: Tino Dallmann
- Excerpts will be read by: Ben Hähnchen
- Tickets: 7.50 - €
Buchhändlerkeller Berlin, 26 November 2015, 8.30 pm
- Chair: Hartmut Mangold
- Excerpts will be read by: Frank Arnold