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Andy Matheson

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I was born in London and have a great deal of affection for the City. It features heavily in my first novel.
I have been self employed for the last 18 years but have always loved creativity and writing.
I am musical and am often to be found in bars and clubs playing live music..
12 Essays had an interesting start in life. I wrote and recorded an album which I labelled 'Essays In Love' which you can find on amazon and all the usual places. I recorded it under the name 'The Explorers'

The album tells a story and I began to commit the story to paper. There is a song for each chapter that sets the tone sums up the changing emotions for our characters.
Eventually we plan to record a full cast audio book of 12 Essays and to perform it live... Watch t
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Andy Matheson I am a musician and I decided to write a new album with a theme. I decided to record songs around a classic love story. As the album progressed I real…moreI am a musician and I decided to write a new album with a theme. I decided to record songs around a classic love story. As the album progressed I realised I needed to bring the ideas behind the songs to life. I started with a blog and began to expand the ideas until the novel began to take shape.
There is a lot of my own 'authors voice' in the narrative so some of my character's rants and comments are my own! (less)
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The Stand by Stephen  King
The Stand
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What a marathon this was. A huge book with surprising depth.
It starts with a manufactured plague being released into the world and a dramatic collapse of society where most people don’t survive. So the opening chapters zoom in on a range of people to
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The Names by Florence Knapp
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A quick read and I enjoyed it. A clear link between the Sliding Doors movie in which a small change can create an alternative life story. Here we have three alternate stories all based on the choice of a name for a new born and an abusive husband.
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Arnhem by Antony Beevor
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I have read several books by the author but found this the toughest read. It deals with specific dates in the calendar and goes through each day with detailed descriptions of troop movement and locations. As usual, hats off to Beevor for the incredib ...more
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Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
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I enjoyed this but it is something of a strange read. The story spans many years and explores issues such as prejudice, culture, work ethic and suffering for Korean people all set against a historical backdrop.
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Citizens by Simon Schama
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Well this is a marathon read ..
It feels overwhelming to even think about writing a book like this so full of depth and research into the period. It deserves 5 Stars for the effort it must have taken to write this.
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Babel by R.F. Kuang
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If you took ‘The Secret History’ and blended it with Suzie Dent and stirred in some JK Rowling you would get close to the style of this book.
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Hyperion by Dan Simmons
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The book is well written and very ambitious in scope. As other will have said it is a kinda Canterbury Tales in space with detailed short stories for each of the main Characters. I enjoyed these for the most part. The quest they are all on to Hyperio ...more
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Winter of the World by Ken Follett
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This marathon from Ken is set during the Second World War with chapters following key time-lines.
I have read a lot around this period of history and have enjoyed the author’s previous books but this one didn’t work for me.
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