Books by Eleanor Anstruther
A feminist, anarchist, gnostic, Eleanor Anstruther was born in London, educated at Westminster School, but distracted from finishing her degree at Manchester University by a trip to India. She travelled for the next decade, living all over the world, running a commune and building a stone circle by hand before finally settling down to write her debut novel, A Perfect Explanation, which was listed for The Desmond Elliott Prize and Not The Booker Prize.
Interviews with Eleanor Anstruther
The Best Historical Novels Set in the 1980s, recommended by Eleanor Anstruther
With its music and fashion and the ever-present threat of nuclear war, the 1980s are ripe for fiction, argues Eleanor Anstruther, author of Fallout, a novel about the decades-long protest against cruise missiles at Greenham Common. She recommends five of her favourites—including two Booker Prize winners—from the excesses of Thatcherite London to a coming of age on the slagheaps of Glasgow.
