Paul Bailey

[KEV67]

Anyone heard of Paul Bailey? I am just reading an article about him in The Critic. He was supposed to be ++good. John Self in The Critic says his masterpiece was Gabriel's Lament.  I never heard of him before.

[Madeleine]

Nope, never heard of him or that book.

[lunababymoonchild]

Nope, not heard of him/it either

[KEV67]

He made the Booker shortlist once or twice. Goes to show you can he a superb writer and twenty years after your death, hardly anyone has heard of you. If an old footballer, not a superstar, just a solid pro, had died. Plenty of people would remember who he was.