Christopher Hope was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1944 and moved to London in 1975. He is the author of twelve novels including Kruger's Alp, winner of the Whitbread Novel Award, and the Booker short-listed Serenity House. Hope's non-fiction includes a highly praised volume of autobiography, White Boy Running (1988) and a travel book, Moscow! Moscow! (1990), which won a PEN Award.
Genres: General Fiction, Literary Fiction
Novels
A Separate Development (1980)
Kruger's Alp (1984)
The Dragon Wore Pink (1985)
The Hottentot Room (1986)
The King, the Cat, and the Fiddle (1988) (with Yehudi Menuhin)
My Chocolate Redeemer (1989)
Serenity House (1992)
Love Songs of Nathan J. Swirsky (1993)
Darkest England (1996)
Me, the Moon and Elvis Presley (1997)
Heaven Forbid (2002)
My Mother's Lovers (2006)
Shooting Angels (2011)
Jimfish (2015)
Kruger's Alp (1984)
The Dragon Wore Pink (1985)
The Hottentot Room (1986)
The King, the Cat, and the Fiddle (1988) (with Yehudi Menuhin)
My Chocolate Redeemer (1989)
Serenity House (1992)
Love Songs of Nathan J. Swirsky (1993)
Darkest England (1996)
Me, the Moon and Elvis Presley (1997)
Heaven Forbid (2002)
My Mother's Lovers (2006)
Shooting Angels (2011)
Jimfish (2015)
Collections
Cape Drives (poems) (1974)
In the Country of the Black Pig (poems) (1981)
Learning to Fly (1982)
Private Parts (1982)
English Men (poems) (1985)
Garden of Bad Dreams (2008)
In the Country of the Black Pig (poems) (1981)
Learning to Fly (1982)
Private Parts (1982)
English Men (poems) (1985)
Garden of Bad Dreams (2008)
Novellas and Short Stories
Anthologies edited
Non fiction show
Christopher Hope recommends
The Texture of Shadows (2014)
Mandla Langa
"The Texture of Shadows is an astonishingly brave book. It strips the South African freedom struggle of the usual sentimental pieties and pares it down to bare essentials: love, lies and lost illusions."
The Cellist of Sarajevo (2008)
Steven Galloway
"For anyone who saw the Balkan wars close up, The Cellist of Sarajevo rings absolutely true. For anyone who didn't, it will be a revelation."
Oranges from Spain (1999)
David Park
"David Park writes beautifully about growing up in Belfast-of childhoods under God and the gun.Somehow,against all the odds,his stories are gentle,vivid,life affirming."
Awards
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