![]() Juliet Alexander – presenter Ebony 1982-1990 the BBC’s first Black news and current affairs magazine TV programme.Aitken published Can We Trust the BBC? (Continuum Press) in February 2007, which asserted the BBC was guilty of an "unconscious, institutionalised Leftism" Left in 2005, ending his career on BBC Radio 4's The Today Programme. Robin Aitken – BBC journalist since 1978.She currently presents 'From Our Own Correspondent' on BBC Radio 4. Kate Adie – chief news correspondent for BBC News during which time she became well known for reporting from war zones around the world – her first major assignment was reporting on the Iranian Embassy siege in London in 1980.She had previously been a presenter on Yorkshire Television's Calendar during the 1990s. Christa Ackroyd – main presenter on Look North from 2001 until 2013.'One of this year's key novels an ingenious, beautifully crafted, thrillingly contemporary love story set in the Bangladeshi east end and narrated in that area's distinctive patois A complex, clever book whose future status as a GCSE set text must be assured. He is a serious, engaging voice of the modern city.' Michael Moorcock, Guardian ![]() Rejecting familiar influences of the past 20 years, White joins a handful of contemporary writers who are proving that the novel has never been more alive. '.made me grin with surprised admiration. And when it came my turn to speak, I said, "Foxy T by Tony White".' Toby Litt, Guardian A few fairly obvious titles were suggested, which gave me time to think. '"What's your favourite British novel from the past ten years?" The other day I was with a group of friends, and someone posed this question. Ventriloquism among the Cannon Street xeroxing machines, innit?' Sukhdev Sandhu, 3:am Magazine 'The book I like best is Tony White’s Foxy-T. Indeed, some readers would argue that it captures the flavour of Asian lives in London E1 with more inside-track relish than another novel of 2003: Monica Ali's Brick Lane.' Boyd Tonkin, Independent '.this affectionate tale may tell you more about love, longing and ambition in the inner city than a dozen official reports. 'This is, in fact, the best book that has ever been written about Brick Lane an amazing tour de force.' Roy Moxham, The Browser “The Fountain in the Forest is fascinating, beautifully written and really original.” Literary Review Praise for Foxy-T ![]() “A truly intriguing venture into the crime genre by the talented White.” Maxim Jakubowski, Crime Time “The Fountain in the Forest is a mystery built on mysteries it has heart and tenderness and leads us to the most unexpected places and at the centre of all this puzzling is a thriller with deep hooks.” Nick Garrard, STORGY “The Fountain in the Forest smartly maps an experimental, Oulipo-inspired structure onto a well-executed police procedural.” Thom Cuell, Bookmunch ![]() “It is absolutely terrific … it can be enjoyed at the level of a thriller, and yet it does all these other fascinating things, and best of all it’s the first in a trilogy … It’s such a good book.” Andy Miller, Backlisted Podcast Even when it flip-flops between two distinct time-streams and character identities within the space of a single sentence, the sense throughout is of a steady and satisfying accretion of significant information, i.e clues – exactly what you’d hope for from any good thriller. The story drives ever forward, even when it takes you backwards in time to take a look at the roots of the crime in question. “ The Fountain in the Forest can be read with all the pleasure you might expect from a knotty police procedural, a knowledgeably detailed, intriguing and compelling police procedural at that. Enjoy it as a noir entertainment or as an evocative picture postcard from the past.” Houman Barekat, Spectator “Tony White’s latest novel begins for all the world like a police procedural, following the delightfully named sleuth Rex King as he investigates the grisly murder of man in a Covent Garden theatre. “rich, riveting … White is always convivial company … His books characterised by stylistic innovation, a feeling for place, a love of rogues and rebels. “That all these stylistic fireworks can illuminate several rich plot lines, each with multiple twists, which an attentive reader will enjoy disentangling, is the best vindication of experimental prose.” Anna Aslanyan, Financial Times “a gripping police procedural … impeccably Oulipian in conception and execution.” David Collard, TLS
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