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Paul Carnahan

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Paul Carnahan was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and grew up in the new town of Cumbernauld. After studying journalism in Edinburgh, he began a decades-long career in local and national newspapers.
His first novel, ‘How Soon Is Now?’, is a subtle and complex time-travel tale which has been taken to the hearts of readers with a taste for thoughtful genre fiction full of big ideas, strong characters and intricate plotting.
‘Beautifully written ... gripping ... sophisticated. A beautiful, life-affirming book. Everyone should read it!' declared one reviewer.
A complete change of pace, his second novel, 'End of a Century', is a warm and witty Britpop-era romantic comedy set in Glasgow and London in 1995. It has been hailed as 'truly delightful', 'nosta
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Paul Carnahan 'How Soon is Now?' came from one simple idea I'd carried around in my head for years: What would it be like to travel back to any previous point in yo…more'How Soon is Now?' came from one simple idea I'd carried around in my head for years: What would it be like to travel back to any previous point in your life? What would you do if you could be the *you* of, say, 20 years ago, but with your current mind and experience?
The reality, I soon realised, would be something a lot more complex than the light romantic comedy plot I'd originally envisioned - and 'How Soon..?' was born.(less)
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How Soon Is Now?

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End of a Century

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Where's Book No.3?

Edinburgh landmark Arthur's Seat is a key location in Carnahan Book No.3, 'All Men Have Secrets' KEEN-eyed readers of this website will have noticed that my next novel, 'All Men Have Secrets', is not, as planned, out yet – and you can blame Nigel Farage for that. How so? Well... Things were going swimmingly. I've had the basic idea for the book – a return to some of the characters and themes of my Read more of this blog post »
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How Soon Is Now? by Paul Carnahan
"This was fabulous. It took some time to get right into it, but there were some incredibly mini-stories in there that added to the overall journey. I wasn't as happy with the way it ended, although it was somewhat satisfying. There were times it was c" Read more of this review »
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" Thanks for these very kind words, Meg! I'm delighted that you enjoyed 'How Soon Is Now?' so much, and very much appreciate you taking the time to shar ...more "
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" Thanks for taking the time to rate and review 'How Soon Is Now?' - I'm delighted that you enjoyed it! If you've got a few minutes to leave a rating an ...more "
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“People don’t appreciate how fast the right music can shoot you straight back to times and places you didn’t even know you’d forgotten. Well, that’s how it works for me, anyway.”
Paul Carnahan, How Soon Is Now?

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