Books by Andrew Hunter Murray
Andrew Hunter Murray is a writer and broadcaster. His first novel, The Last Day, was a Sunday Times bestseller and one of the top 10 fiction debuts of 2020. Andrew has been a writer on BBC2’s QI for 14 years and is one of the hosts of No Such Thing As A Fish—one of the UK’s top 10 podcasts. Andrew writes journalism and jokes for Private Eye magazine and is the sole host of Private Eye’s podcast, ‘Page 94.’
“This book has speed, it has humour, it has great characters. And it’s a great concept. It would be fantastic to go live in other people’s houses. After I read it, I found myself wandering around Holland Park in London, looking at all the houses, dreaming that I could do the same thing. It’s a brilliant book. Funny and original.” Read more...
The Sanctuary
by Andrew Hunter Murray
A new, high-concept novel from the bestselling author of The Last Day. In The Sanctuary, a billionaire philanthropist is building an island utopia in a post-apocalyptic Britain—this is a work of atmospheric speculative fiction with the twisty plot of a thriller.
Interviews with Andrew Hunter Murray
Novels of the Rich and Wealthy, recommended by Andrew Hunter Murray
Many of us fantasize about suddenly coming into a great fortune, but literature has often explored the dissatisfaction and moral corruption of the very wealthy. Here, the novelist and broadcaster Andrew Hunter Murray selects five brilliant novels about rich people and reflects on why you probably don’t want to be a billionaire.
Interviews where books by Andrew Hunter Murray were recommended
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A Beginner’s Guide to Breaking and Entering
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Glorious Exploits: A Novel
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Good Material: A Novel
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High Vaultage
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The Ministry of Time: A Novel
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The Rachel Incident: A Novel
by Caroline O'Donoghue
The Funniest Books of 2024, recommended by Justin Albert
The Funniest Books of 2024, recommended by Justin Albert
Every year, judges for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize ferret out the very best in newly published comic fiction. This year, the seven-novel shortlist ranges from steampunk fantasy to romantic comedy—and they are, says judge Justin Albert, the funniest books of 2024.
