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A. L. Kennedy (1) (1965–)

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For other authors named A. L. Kennedy, see the disambiguation page.

59+ Works 3,415 Members 97 Reviews 21 Favorited

About the Author

A. L. Kennedy lives in Glasgow, Scotland. (Bowker Author Biography)

Series

Works by A. L. Kennedy

Day (2007) 428 copies
Everything You Need (1999) 369 copies
Paradise (2004) 347 copies
Original Bliss: Stories (1997) 265 copies
So I Am Glad (1995) 251 copies
Now That You're Back (1994) 191 copies
Indelible Acts: Stories (2002) 164 copies
The Blue Book (2011) 161 copies
On Bullfighting (1999) 143 copies
Serious Sweet (2016) 127 copies
What Becomes (2009) 125 copies
The Drosten's Curse (2015) 114 copies
The Little Snake (2016) 91 copies
All the Rage: Stories (2014) 74 copies
On Writing (2013) 37 copies
Original Bliss [novella] (2000) 31 copies
The Death Pit (2013) 16 copies
New Writing 9 (2000) — Editor — 15 copies
Ein makelloser Mann (2001) 11 copies
Know Your Words (2010) 3 copies
James Dodds (2017) 1 copy
El Extasis (2002) 1 copy
Papercuts 1 copy
Didacus 1 copy
Billy zampacorta e ... (2021) 1 copy

Associated Works

Memento Mori (1959) — Introduction, some editions — 1,721 copies
Good Morning, Midnight (1939) — Introduction, some editions — 1,442 copies
The Girls of Slender Means (1963) — Introduction, some editions — 1,316 copies
The Book of Other People (2008) — Contributor — 737 copies
The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books (1997) — Contributor — 301 copies
Mortification: Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame (2003) — Contributor — 280 copies
Granta 81: Best of Young British Novelists 2003 (2003) — Contributor — 273 copies
Granta 43: Best of Young British Novelists 2 (1993) — Contributor — 177 copies
Four Letter Word: New Love Letters (2007) — Contributor — 136 copies
Granta 93: God's Own Countries (2006) — Contributor — 135 copies
Granta 72: Overreachers (2000) — Contributor — 132 copies
Granta 125: After the War (2013) — Contributor — 82 copies
Granta 120: Medicine (2012) — Contributor — 82 copies
Doctor Who: Time Trips (2015) — Contributor — 82 copies
Ox-Tales: Air (2009) — Contributor — 69 copies
Crimespotting (1656) — Contributor — 44 copies
Beacons: Stories for Our Not So Distant Future (2013) — Contributor — 34 copies
The Secret Self: A Century of Short Stories by Women (1995) — Contributor — 33 copies
The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 8 (2011) — Contributor — 28 copies
Crossing the Border (1998) — Contributor — 21 copies
Beneath the Skin: Great Writers on the Body (2018) — Contributor — 15 copies

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beautiful writing very cosy even if the subject matter wasn’t
 
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highlandcow | 1 other review | Mar 13, 2024 |
Not the best Who book unfortunately. The story is ok, typical old-school Dr who story, the main characters are likeable but the prose of the book and mainly the inner monologue of the Doctor was very off-putting and just wrong.
 
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TheCrow2 | 8 other reviews | Dec 15, 2023 |
Kennedy is a very good writer, with good humour and self-awareness. Unfortunately, the first section is a collection of blog posts that were probably very amusing when read individually (with days or weeks apart) but as a block are rather repetitive and lack pacing. Shame on the editor.
 
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Parthurbook | 2 other reviews | Nov 6, 2023 |
I enjoyed this, but after some years since reading it, I don't recall enough to discuss it.
 
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mykl-s | 2 other reviews | Aug 13, 2023 |

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ISBNs
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