My Life in Books
Gabriel Tallent claims that he thinks of Tess of the D’Urbervilles every day. Photo: Michael Friberg
Gabriel Tallent was born in New Mexico and raised by two mothers. His first novel, My Absolute Darling, was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Dublin Literary Award, and debut of the year at the British Book Awards. His new novel, Crux, is published this week by Fig Tree.
The books on your bedside table? Two copies of Murder on the Orient Express – my wife Hattie and I are reading it together. Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout, Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, The God of the Woods by Liz Moore, Native Air by Jonathan Howland, Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte, This Inevitable Ruin by Matt Dinniman, and The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler.
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