Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 21/09/2008
THE central character of Andrew Davidson's debut novel The Gargoyle is transformed in a car accident into a grotesque mosaic of burned flesh and scar tissue, enjoys a love
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 20/09/2008
... and yet it really is an extraordinary first novel. Written over seven years, it is a testimony to Andrew Davidson's research in such varied fields as burns, mental illness, Christianity and medieval Europe. That research is bolstered by sharp, witty prose, particularly in the early parts when he is describing the progression of his injuries."I plumped up like a freshly roasted wiener,...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
Some novels about love's pains and rewards move far beyond common sense. Somehow, doomed and damnable love is a madness for which we will make any excuse. One reason why poets have been so keen to send lovers to the pains of death or hell is that these are the things we feel love is like. Andrew Davidson does this, and more: his first novel is a fever dream of passion which does not...
Bookninja (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Hometown hero Davidson profiled in the Guardian. “It’s sort of a case of being an overnight success,” he explains, “but I’ve been writing for 20 years, started this book in 2000, got an agent in 2006, and have been dealing with the publishing industry for the last 18 months.” Published in the US and Canada on August [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Alison Flood: The first-time author of The Gargoyle explains how achieving a $1.25m advance came after 20 years of working
Metro Mama (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
It’s been a banner couple of weeks! Last week I got to chat with the marvelous Andrew Davidson, and last night I met Andrew Pyper at the TINARS launch of The Killing Circle. It was a great event, and the Gladstone ballroom was packed. Andrew is a funny guy, and not afraid to speak his mind. In conversation with Nathan Whitlock, he talked about the satirical elements of the...
The Herald (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
... Hollingsworth said she was "disappointed" but understood the coroner's decision.Her representative Andrew Davidson said: "She and her family only wanted to establish the truth about what happened to Jon, nothing more than that, and bear no malice to any individual."She is comforted to know that Jon was amongst friends when he died and they did their best for him."She recognises that...
Book World (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
I still get a few offers of review copies from publishers. One that I wholeheartedly accepted (a while ago now) was Canongate's offer of The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson. I haven't got round to it yet, but the review in today's Guardian Review section makes it a likely candidate for next new read (when I've finished my current comfort re-reads of Bob Dylan Chronicles and Francine Prose's...
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
It's the only way to describe Andrew Davidson's mash-up of horror, love story and fantasy, which starts in a 21st-century burns unit, where the nameless narrator - an ex-porn star who crashed his car - is reunited with a woman who informs him she is his long-lost lover from 700 years ago.
Quillblog (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
... The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill, The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews, and The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson. As an added bonus, Indigo provides a few tips for creating a stellar book club ambiance - because you can’t read if you don’t have aromatherapy candles and dark chocolate biscuits. Next on the agenda: using books as coasters at your next theme party. Google has expanded...
Quillblog (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
... also features work by W. Bruce Pirrie (adapting Douglas Coupland’s JPod ), Bert Kish (adapting Andrew Davidson’s The Gargoyle ), and Irene Duma (adapting Patrick Watson’s This Hour Has Seven Decades ). The festival’s advisers include filmmakers Sarah Polley and Robert Lantos, writer Nino Ricci, and Random House Canada publisher Anne Collins. Open Book has posted a trailer for the...
icWales (Free subscription) | 20/09/2008
... question of manslaughter did arise but that proceedings weren’t brought.Home office pathologist Dr Andrew Davidson said the primary cause of death was heart disease.He said: “The altercation may have increased his blood pressure and may have proceeded to a sudden cardiac arrest.”But he said it was a matter “for the lawyers rather than the doctors,” to prove.At the time of Mr Kent’s...
icWales (Free subscription) | 20/09/2008
... question of manslaughter did arise but that proceedings weren’t brought.Home office pathologist Dr Andrew Davidson said the primary cause of death was heart disease.He said: “The altercation may have increased his blood pressure and may have proceeded to a sudden cardiac arrest.”But he said it was a matter “for the lawyers rather than the doctors,” to prove.At the time of Mr Kent’s...
icWales (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
... question of manslaughter did arise but that proceedings weren’t brought.Home office pathologist Dr Andrew Davidson, who carried out a post-mortem examination on Mr Kent said the primary cause of death was heart disease.“The altercation may have increased his blood pressure and may have proceeded to a sudden cardiac arrest,” he saidBut he said it was a matter “for the lawyers rather...
Quillblog (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
The latest Q&Q, out now, includes a cover profile of Edeet Ravel, who’s best known for her trilogy about Israeli-Palestinian relations and who has two new novels out this fall. Also in this issue are articles about prolific children’s authors, antiquarian book dealers battling the Internet, and the boom in environment-themed publishing. All that plus [...]
