Paris Bound is at once a 'road novel,' an offbeat love story and a mystery novel. It should appeal to a wide range of readers, both male and female, especially those who have tasted the pain and pleasure of culture-clashed romance in foreign parts.
David James is the author of more than 150 articles and book reviews. He is a graduate from London, Leeds and British Columbia, and has taught at universities in England, North America, Morocco and the Gulf.
As a specialist in Nineteenth Century fiction he has been the recipient of a Commonwealth Scholarship and a British Academy Fellowship. Charles Dickens and the Night Visitors is his fifth published novel.
In 2014 he inaugurated The Quagga Prize for Literary Fiction, won last year by Enver Carim. This year's winner is Peter Cowlam for Who's Afraid of the Booker Prize?