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Simon Maginn

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Born

in Wallasey, The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.simonmaginn.com

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simonmaginn

Genre

Psychological Thrillers, Humor

Influences

Steven King, Richard Ford, Mervyn Peake, Evelyn Waugh, Dorothy Parker ...more

Member Since

January 2010

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/simonmaginn

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I am a novelist living and working in Brighton, UK, in a haunted palace by the sea. I write horror/psychological thrillers as Simon Maginn: Sheep (filmed as The Dark), is available as an ebook now. Other titles include Virgins and Martyrs, A Sickness of the Soul, Methods of Confinement, and Rattus (novella).

By night, I become Simon Nolan, who writes satirical, drug-fuelled comedies: As Good as it Gets, The Vending Machine of Justice, Whitehawk.

I play the piano incessantly, and I paint in an uncontrolled and, frankly, disgusting way. I'd love it if you visited my website, www.simonmaginn.com, but please don't feel you have to. I know you're busy. ...more

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Gormenghast

If someone held a gun to my head and said, ‘Tell me your favourite book, ever, now!’ (which, so far, happily, no one has, nor is it easy to imagine why they might, but still, best to be prepared, eh?), I would, without any thought or deliberation, say Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake. A trilogy, the three novels appeared over a thirteen year period, from 1946 - 1959, and were immediately hailed as a ma Read more of this blog post »

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Published on January 08, 2010 15:14 • Tags: gormenghast, mervyn, novel, peake

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Simon Maginn’s books

Average rating: 3.57 · 266 ratings · 31 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sheep 3.58 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 1994 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Virgins and Martyrs 3.44 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1995 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sickness of the Soul 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Methods of Confinement 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1996	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Feral Companions by Simon Maginn (Goodreads Author), Gary Fry (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Etherophone Player - A Novel really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eight of Coins 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars