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Barbara Trapido

South Africa   (1941 - )
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About Barbara Trapido
Barbara Trapido was born in South Africa and is the author of five novels - BROTHER OF THE MORE FAMOUS JACK (winner of a Whitbread special prize for fiction), NOAH'S ARK, TEMPLES OF DELIGHT (shortlisted for the Sunday Express Book of the Year Award), JUGGLING and THE TRAVELING HORNPLAYER (shortlisted for the 1998 Whitbread Novel Award). She lives in Oxford.
 
Awards
Whitbread Prize Best Novel nominee (1998) : The Travelling Horn Player
Whitbread Prize Best Novel nominee (2003) : Frankie and Stankie


Barbara Trapido recommends
In the Place of Fallen Leaves
In the Place of Fallen Leaves (1993)
Tim Pears
"The writing is so genuine. Nothing is posturing or romanticised. The characters really touched me. There's so much talent here."
The Distance Between Us
The Distance Between Us (2004)
Maggie O'Farrell
"A haunting, passionate psychological drama... superb, brave and heartstopping."
Tommy Glover's Sketch of Heaven
Tommy Glover's Sketch of Heaven (2005)
Jane Bailey
"A vivid and involving story that reaches a truly page-turning climax."
When We Were Bad
When We Were Bad (2007)
Charlotte Mendelson
"Breathtakingly good."
The House at Midnight
The House at Midnight (2008)
Lucie Whitehouse
"Gripping and accomplished."



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