Nick Harkaway

Nick Harkaway
Born Nicholas Cornwell
1972
Cornwall, England
Occupation Novelist and commentator
Genre Fantasy
Notable works The Gone-Away World, Angelmaker, The Blind Giant: Being Human in a Digital World

Nick Harkaway (born 1972) is a novelist and commentator. He is the author of the novels The Gone-Away World, Angelmaker and Tigerman; and a non-fiction study of the digital world, The Blind Giant: Being Human in a Digital World.

Life

Harkaway was born Nicholas Cornwell in Cornwall, England. He is the son of Valérie Jane Eustace and author John le Carré.[1]

Harkaway was educated at the independent University College School in North London,[2] and Clare College, Cambridge, where he studied philosophy, sociology and politics and took up Shorinji Kan Jiu Jitsu. He worked in the film industry before becoming an author.[3]

Fiction

The Gone-Away World

The Gone-Away World is Harkaway's first novel. Originally titled, The Wages of Gonzo Lubitsch,[3] it concerns a number of ex-special forces operatives turned truckers who are hired to perform a dangerous mission in a post-apocalyptic world.[1]

Angelmaker

AngelMaker is Harkaway's second novel, a spy thriller detailing a clockmaker's attempt to stop a Cold War era doomsday weapon.

Tigerman

Tigerman, Harkaway's third novel, was published in 2014. It concerns a superhero origin story on an impoverished and doomed tropical island.

Non-fiction

The Blind Giant (2012), Harkaway's first work of non-fiction, dealt with the effect of digital change on society and what it means to be human. It was published in May 2012.

Views on Google Book settlement

Harkaway has been an outspoken critic of the Google Book Search Settlement Agreement, posting on his blog,[4] speaking out on BBC Radio’s The World at One in May 2009, and appearing on a television debate with Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Tom Watson MP in September 2009.

References

  1. 1 2 Jones, Philip (April 15, 2011). "John Murray picks up Harkaway on digital". The Bookseller. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  2. ↑ "I blame the schools". Futurebook. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
  3. 1 2 "Nick Harkaway | Conville and Walsh Literary Agents". Convilleandwalsh.com. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
  4. ↑ "Google Crunch Time". Nick Harkaway. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
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