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Articles by Caroline Kington
Walks on the Wild Side
Are you ready to take a walk on the seriously wild side? In the early 1980s, John Pakenham walked a total of 1,200 miles through the volcanic desert around Lake Turkana in northern Kenya in the company of local Turkana and Samburu tribesmen and their long-suffering donkeys.
Six of the Best: Lightning Fiction Debuts
‘A fascinating novel set in a fascinating world’ Robert Elms on The Industry of Human Happiness ‘Absolutely enthralling. This musical, erudite roller-coaster of a book immerses you in the sights, smells and above all the sounds of 1890s London and beyond, so that you too are walking along the streets’ Rosamund Lupton on The Industry of Human Happiness ‘It’s glorious.
AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM US
At Eye & Lightning Books, as with most of our fellow publishers, we have been discussing the implications of the unprecedented and concerning times in which we find ourselves. At the time of writing, most bookshops in the UK remain open but we should probably expect to see some temporary closures in the days and weeks ahead. We are already aware that Amazon are no longer buying new stock of books so that they can concentrate on supplying important household items.
The Tempus Project
‘Johnston manages to make the world of “runtime executables” and “rootkits” thrilling — no mean feat — while also featuring car chases and old-fashioned mole-hunts on the streets of Tallinn’ The Times ‘Once again Antony Johnston shows his casual mastery of the thriller idiom.
The Beat of the Pendulum
âThe Beat of the Pendulum is an important and deeply imaginative novel. Chidgey experiments with and opens up new structural territory for what contemporary fiction might be. Readers should be prepared to be challenged; equally, they should be prepared to be thrilledâ New Zealand Herald âAn interesting literary exercise, not entirely relaxing, fascinating and interesting, but also one of those books that gives you an âinâ into a literary circle.
The Gift of Cockleberry Bay
All our favourite characters from Cockleberry Bay are back, including Hot, Rosa Smithâs adorable dachshund, and his new-born puppies. Now successfully running the Cockleberry Café and wishing to start a family herself, Rosa feels the time is right to let her inherited Corner Shop go. However, her benefactor left one important legal proviso: that the shop cannot be sold, only passed on to somebody who really deserves it. Rosa is torn. How can she make such a huge decision?
A Very Nice Man | Eye Books
We present a (very) short story from Paul Bassett Davies’ new collection, The Glade And Other Stories. If you pre-order Paul’s forthcoming novel Please Do Not Ask for Mercy as a Refusal Often Offends, we’ll send you a free ebook of The Glade by email. Full details are at the end of the story A Very Nice Man The woman opposite me was crying. I’d been engrossed in my book since the train had left Bristol but when I heard her snuffling I glanced up.
Jane Austen, Joanna Lumley and My Mother, The Bearded Lady
read on Caroline Kington talks about her own writing and that of her late husband, Miles Where do you write? I write in my late husband’s study which is overflowing with books, musical instruments, scripts and letters, in piles on the floor or spilling off the shelves. I used to write in a smaller version at the top of the house, but when Miles died, I moved in here to set about getting the book he had been writing, How Shall I Tell The Dog, finished.
The Hopkins Conundrum
“The novel seesaws between comedy and calamity, present and past. It pokes fun at pretension but also gives an insight into why a Catholic poet such as Hopkins – so weird, so spiritual and so intense – deserves his claim to greatness. The result is a novel enjoyable on every level.” Daily Express, **** “Edge keeps things enjoyably straightforward and the result is a pleasurable literary thriller. This is thoroughly enjoyable hokum.
Caroline Kington
âA compelling novel about love, trust and courage. If you love a good romance and a family tragedy, this book is for youâ In de Boekenkast âAn engrossing family history with a very satisfying conclusion. Highly recommendedâ Books and Winegums âA Long Shadow is an emotionally intense, moving story of love, obsession, secrets and lies⦠Convincing...
A Right Royal Face-Off
‘The way in which the eighteenth century is rendered in this novel is witty, observant and joyously gossipy. The characterisations are sharp and Simon Edge has the painter’s eye for detail.
Matthew De Abaitua
‘The title might nod to Withnail, as do some of the odd couple’s odder exploits – including the consumption of many a “special cigarette” – but this erudite yet hilarious account will resonate with anyone trudging in the footsteps of a more successful figure’ The Observer ‘This book comes very close to being a classic memoir of literary apprenticeship. Hilarious..’ The Oldie ‘De Abaitua’s prose... is full of wit, playfulness and intelligence.
Award-winning novelist Ray Robinson signs up with Lightning Books | Eye Books
Expanding on an award-winning short film starring Peter Mullan, The Mating Habits of Stags reveals afresh Robinson's lyrical prose and mastery of character Lightning Books is to publish the fifth novel by Ray Robinson, the award-winning author of Electricity and Forgetting Zoë. The short film Edith has won awards and accolades The Mating Habits of Stags is set in the Yorkshire Dales, where former farmhand Jake, now a widower in his seventies, goes on the run after a committing a crime.
Wolf Country by Tünde Farrand
Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Lightning Books (February 2019) ISBN: 9781785630927 Tünde Farrand £8.99 ‘A chilling and politically astute dystopia – sci-fi in the tradition of Wyndham’ – Jane Rogers London, 2050. The socio-economic crisis of recent decades is over and consumerism is thriving. Ownership of land outside the city is the preserve of a tiny elite, and the rest of the population must spend to earn a Right to Reside.
Heatwave madness! All our books half price for one weekend only!
Heatwave madness! All our books half price for one weekend only! There are brilliant summer reading offers, and then there is the Eye & Lightning Books sizzling summer heatwaves half-price sale.
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