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Nicola Barker
Nicola Barker (born Ely 1966) is an English novelist and short story writer. Her works include:
Novels
- Reversed Forecast (1994)
- Small Holdings (1995)
- Wide Open (1998) (winner of the IMPAC award, 2000)
- Five Miles from Outer Hope (2000)
- Behindlings (2002)
- Clear: A Transparent Novel (2004)
Collections of stories
Typically she writes about damaged or eccentric people in mundane situations, and has a fondness for bleak, isolated settings. Wide Open and Behindlings are set respectively on the Isle of Sheppey and Canvey Island. Her latest novel, Clear, is set in London during David Blaine's Above the Below 44 day fast in London in 2003
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