About Tony Parsons
Tony Parsons was born in 1955 in Essex. Although he had already written a novel at the age of seventeen, he worked at the Gordon's gin distillery in London until summer 1976, when he started working for the NME (New Musical Express) as a punk journalist. This took him on the road with bands like The Sex Pistols.
He married Julie Burchill, a fellow NME journalist, and they had a son, Bobby, before divorcing.
He has a regular column in The Mirror and participates in the BBC arts programme, Newsnight Review. He has also written for, among other publications, The Face, Marie Claire, The Daily Mail, Arena, The Guardian, Elle, The Daily Telegraph, The Spectator, The Sunday Times, GQ and Red.
He has now re-married, and lives in London.
He married Julie Burchill, a fellow NME journalist, and they had a son, Bobby, before divorcing.
He has a regular column in The Mirror and participates in the BBC arts programme, Newsnight Review. He has also written for, among other publications, The Face, Marie Claire, The Daily Mail, Arena, The Guardian, Elle, The Daily Telegraph, The Spectator, The Sunday Times, GQ and Red.
He has now re-married, and lives in London.
Novels
One for My Baby (2001)
The Family Way (2004)
Stories We Could Tell (2005)
My Favourite Wife (2007)
Starting Over (2009)
Catching the Sun (2012)
The Family Way (2004)
Stories We Could Tell (2005)
My Favourite Wife (2007)
Starting Over (2009)
Catching the Sun (2012)
Collections
Non fiction
The Boy Looked at Johnny: The Obituary of Rock and Roll (1978) (with Julie Burchill)
Big Mouth Strikes Again (2004)
On Life, Death and Breakfast (2010)
Big Mouth Strikes Again (2004)
On Life, Death and Breakfast (2010)
Tony Parsons recommends
T-Shirt and Genes (2001) Richard Asplin "The funniest debut novel since The Rachel Papers." | Father Frank (2001) Paul Burke "FATHER FRANK is a warm, funny, blisteringly good read that has the angels on its side. " | I Don't Know How She Does It (2002) Allison Pearson "A grown-up novel that is hilarious, heartbreaking and brimming with the bitter-sweet tang of all our lives." |
Tell Me Lies (2003) Tony Strong "I can only read Tony Strong with all the lights on. " | One Life (2006) Rebecca Frayn "Wise, tender and brutally honest, Rebecca Frayn has written the must-read book of the year." | Something Is Going to Fall Like Rain (2008) Ros Wynne-Jones "A book of meat and emotion, blood and fire. It is a story of our time. And a masterpiece." |
The Fixer (2010) Steve Bunce "Reads like a Raymond Chandler for the twenty-first century. As a thriller writer, Steve Bunce wipes the floor with Stieg Larsson." | One Day (2010) David Nicholls "A totally brilliant book about the heartbreaking gap between the way we were and the way we are...the best weird love story since THE TIME TRAVELLER'S WIFE. Every reader will fall in love with it. And every writer will wish they had written it." | Just For One Day: Adventures in Britpop (2011) Louise Wener "Wise, funny and loving - a brilliant memoir!" |
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