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Neil Randall

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Born

in The United Kingdom

Website

https://narandall.blogspot.co.uk/

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Genre

Contemporary, Fiction, Historical Fiction

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December 2012

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Neil Randall is the author of the novels A Dark Day in the White City, I Kill Dogs (Therefore I am...), The Belgrade School Shootings, The Professional Mourner, Three Days with Adrianna, Bestial Burdens, The Girl in the Empty Room, Isolation, The Holy Drinker, The Butterfly and the Wheel, Trust No One and A Quiet Place to Die, and of the short story collections, A Fancy Dress Party at a Russian Lunatic Asylum, Tales of Ordinary Sadness, and The Nine Lives of Jacob Fallada. His poetry and shorter fiction have been published in the UK, US, India, Canada and Australia.

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Neil Randall isdelighted to announce that his new short story Open Mic has beenpublished by literary magazine Literary Garage.

Having become a midweek institution almost,an open mic night presents a veritable cornucopia of auditory and visualsensations to any given audience. A place where the supremely talented andcriminally overlooked singer/songwriter rubs musical shoulders with thetun

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	Isolation 3.41 avg rating — 51 ratings — 3 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
	The Girl in the Empty Room 3.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	The Nine Lives of Jacob Fallada 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Trust No One 4.60 avg rating — 5 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 Professional Mourner 3.83 avg rating — 6 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
	The Belgrade School Shootings by Neil Randall (Goodreads Author), Alien Buddha (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 3 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 Holy Drinker it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 3 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
	The Butterfly and the Wheel it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Tales of Ordinary Sadness it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 4 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
	Bestial Burdens it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2020 — 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

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Neil Randall wrote a new blog post NEW SHORT STORY PUBLISHED Neil Randall isdelighted to announce that his new short story Open Mic has beenpublished by literary magazine Literary Garage. Having become a Read more of this blog post »
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Neil Randall rated a book it was amazing Behold My Soul: A True Story About Forgiveness And The Power Of Love by TAJ SIMRIT	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 deeply meditative read about a man searching for meaning. Increasingly disillusioned with modern society - the job, the house, and family - he is drawn to a much more spiritual, freer way of life, and repudiates much, if not all of what many people ...more
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Neil Randall made a comment on Lydia Hephzibah’s review of The Belgrade School Shootings " Many thanks for reading and reviewing the book. I just wanted to let you know that the book is the first part of a trilogy (the two manuscripts that a ...more "
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Neil Randall liked Lydia Hephzibah's review of The Belgrade School Shootings: "3, I think? setting: Serbia Rep: n/a This is a strange, twisty, compelling little book that ultimately asks a lot of questions and answers none of them. I kept turning pages desperate for answers - what is going on?? - but then the book ends. literally " Read more of this review »
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Neil Randall and 23 other people liked Erin's review of The Belgrade School Shootings: "ARC for review. Published May 17, 2025. 5 stars Isaak Lazarevic, 58, is Serbia’s best known writer (and is being discussed for the Nobel.). He becomes involved in the government’s education initiative which goes horribly wrong and begins teaching a cr" Read more of this review »
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