Wish I Was Here: 'The best writer you've never heard of' - Sunday Times

M. John Harrison is a British author who has produced one of the greatest bodies of fiction of any living British author, encompassing space opera, speculative fiction, fantasy, magical and literary realism. His first memoir, "Wish I Was Here," is an anti-memoir written in his mid-seventies with aphoristic daring and trademark originality and style. Many of our most prominent younger writers now recognize him as the most significant British writer of his generation.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 07 March 2024
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd

Wish I Was Here is a masterpiece. Helen Macdonald, the author of H is for Hawk, has crafted a literary gem that will captivate, astonish, and leave you profoundly transformed. Jonathan Coe, the acclaimed author of The Rotters' Club, praises M. John Harrison as one of the most remarkable fiction writers of our time, encompassing a diverse range of genres such as space opera, speculative fiction, fantasy, magical realism, and literary realism. With each book, Harrison challenges genre conventions and unites them through his restless intelligence, experimentation, and a rebellious spirit. This is his first memoir, an anti-memoir, written in his mid-seventies with aphoristic daring, trademark originality, and his unique style. Fresh off his win of the Goldsmiths Prize in 2020, Harrison has emerged as the most significant British writer of his generation, recognized and celebrated by many of the foremost younger writers in the literary world. His writing is described as brilliantly unsettling (Olivia Laing), magnificent (Neil Gaiman), and one of the finest examples of fiction currently being produced in English (Robert Macfarlane).

Weight: 188g
Dimension: 128 x 198 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781800812987
Edition number: Main