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Gordon Burn


Born
in Newcastle, England, The United Kingdom
January 16, 1948

Died
July 17, 2009

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction


Gordon Burn was an English writer born in Newcastle upon Tyne and the author of four novels and several works of non-fiction.

Burn's novels deal with issues of modern fame and faded celebrity, as well as life through a media lens. His novel Alma Cogan (1991), which imagined the future life of the British singer Alma Cogan had she not died in the 1960s, won the Whitbread Award for Best First Novel. His other novels Fullalove and The North of England Home Service appeared in 1995 and 2003 respectively. His non-fiction deals primarily with sport and true crime. His first book Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son was a study of Peter Sutcliffe, 'the Yorkshire Ripper' and his 1998 book Happy Like Murderers: The Story of Fred and Rosemary West, deal ...more

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Average rating: 3.89 · 3,245 ratings · 345 reviews · 27 distinct works • Similar authors
Happy Like Murderers
3.87 avg rating — 1,494 ratings — published 1998 — 16 editions
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Somebody's Husband, Somebod...
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Alma Cogan
3.67 avg rating — 275 ratings — published 1991 — 13 editions
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Born Yesterday
3.29 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions
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Best and Edwards
4.07 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions
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Pocket Money: Bad-boys, Bus...
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Fullalove
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The North of England Home S...
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Sex Violence, Death Silence
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“Because his [Damien Hirst] art is idea art - art drawn on the back of cigarette packets and beer mats, roughed out in airport departure lounges and the back of the taxis, usually delegated to and carried by others - this leaves Damien a lot of time for what might loosely be called socializing. Hanging around.”
― Gordon Burn
tags: art, criticism, pop-culture
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