{"product_id":"early-novels-and-short-fiction-peter-cowlam-9781902086316","title":"Early Novels and Short Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEarly Novels and Short Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e is the first of three volumes covering Peter Cowlam's adventures into fiction, dating from the mid-1970s and forward into the twenty-first century. Included is the short-story collection \u003cem\u003ePenumbra\u003c\/em\u003e, and the novella \u003cem\u003eThe Border and Back\u003c\/em\u003e. Novels are \u003cem\u003eBim Shay\u003c\/em\u003e, a re-imagining of the detective yarn, \u003cem\u003eElectric Letters Z\u003c\/em\u003e, a satire on literary celebrity, and \u003cem\u003eCaliban's Machine\u003c\/em\u003e, the memoir of George du Plé, a young English poet in American exile. \u003cem\u003eElectric Letters Z\u003c\/em\u003e was first published in 1998, which under the title \u003cem\u003eWho's Afraid of the Booker Prize?\u003c\/em\u003e won the Quagga Prize for Literary Fiction in 2015. Peter Cowlam won the same prize more recently recently in 2018, for his novel \u003cem\u003eNew King Palmers\u003c\/em\u003e, which is at the intersection of old, crumbling empires and new, digital agglomerates. He has worked as commissioning editor for \u003cem\u003eThe Finger\u003c\/em\u003e, and as literary editor for \u003cem\u003eArs Notoria\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eEarly Novels and Short Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e, volume one of three, belongs to the period circa 1974 to 1998.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Cowlam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1902086317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781902086316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Centrehouse Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 716\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.95d","brand":"Peter Cowlam","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47425600487679,"sku":"9781902086316","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5bb5df95-8741-4ec3-a989-6f19f8e88881.jpg?v=1761540333","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/early-novels-and-short-fiction-peter-cowlam-9781902086316","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}