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John Lanchester

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John Lanchester


Born
in Hamburg, Germany
February 25, 1962

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Business


John Lanchester is the author of four novels and three books of non-fiction. He was born in Germany and moved to Hong Kong. He studied in UK. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and was awarded the 2008 E.M. Forster Award. He lives in London.

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Average rating: 3.72 · 67,799 ratings · 8,626 reviews · 34 distinct works • Similar authors
The Wall
3.58 avg rating — 19,873 ratings — published 2019 — 47 editions
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Capital
3.71 avg rating — 14,673 ratings — published 2012 — 67 editions
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The Debt to Pleasure
3.74 avg rating — 3,137 ratings — published 1996 — 59 editions
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I.O.U.: Why Everyone Owes E...
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Fragrant Harbor
3.81 avg rating — 2,160 ratings — published 2002 — 40 editions
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Mr Phillips
3.25 avg rating — 1,417 ratings — published 2000 — 16 editions
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Reality and Other Stories
3.27 avg rating — 1,346 ratings — published 2020 — 14 editions
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How to Speak Money: What th...
3.73 avg rating — 1,041 ratings — published 2014 — 27 editions
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Family Romance: A Love Story
3.86 avg rating — 399 ratings — published 2007 — 25 editions
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What We Talk about When We ...
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“The person doing the worrying experiences it as a form of love; the person being worried about experiences it as a form of control.”
― John Lanchester, Capital
tags: control, love, worry
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“The standard personality type for a writer is a shy megalomaniac.”
― John Lanchester
tags: authors, humir, writing
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“But knowing that you had gone wrong, and knowing how you had gone wrong, were not the same thing as knowing how to put it right.”
― John Lanchester, Capital
tags: knowing, wrong-and-right
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