Jonathan Barnes (author)

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Jonathan Barnes is a British writer, whose first novel, The Somnambulist , was published in 2007. [1] [2] He is also the author of The Domino Men (2008), an indirect sequel. [3]

Barnes earned a first in English literature from the University of Oxford.[ citation needed ] Currently, he lives in Norfolk and reviews for The Times Literary Supplement .[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. Sarah Crowden, "Sleep tight" (review of The Somnambulist), The Observer , 11 February 2007.
  2. Eric Brown, "State of debauchery" (review of The Somnambulist), The Guardian , 10 March 2007.
  3. Eric Brown, "Back to the future" (review of The Domino Men), The Guardian, 1 March 2008.