Adam Thorpe Dear with all the good will I have for your inquiry for recommendations among Adam Thorpe s ouevre I m afraid I must disappoint you as I have virtually nothing to offer The loss is mine as well a trudge to the local library revealed its collection to hold precisely zero titles of his I ve only recently discovered this author the one volume of his I read Shifts was brought home from and subsequently returned to what we call the pass around box outside the library door filled with individuals discards that don t pass the librarians muster for inclusion on the limited space English language shelves Resource restrictions prevent me from acquiring books by choice happily I m largely content to make do with what comes my way I was impressed with this collection of short stories a favorite genre of mine and likewise noted the author s recognition as a poet and dramatist Imagine my indignation then to discover he had no page in the English language Wikipedia As with other authors I consider worthy of promotion I took the time and made the effort to create a page with what I could find on the Web and was gratified to subsequently it expanded by fellow editors Now thanks to you I ve added Ulverton to my want to read list If you re an aficionado of short fiction I can recommend some authors you might enjoy do let me know if you re interested Best