Author of Drayton and Mackenzie, We Germans and The Beast. Winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Listed for FT book prize, Prix Femina and Prix Medicis
London
Joined March 2015
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Been a while since I made a reading rec, but cannot give a bigger endorsement to Alexander Starrit’s “Drayton and Mackenzie”. A beautiful, beautiful book that writes eloquently and trenchantly about entrepreneurship and friendship. Go read it.
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Historian Michael Wood takes us to a coffeehouse in Kars, Turkey, where a traditional bard (aşıks) performs the “Epic of Köroğlu.” As seen in 1979’s “In Search of the Trojan War.”
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Drayton and Mackenzie has been included in the Times Best Summer Books!
‘An ode to the enduring power of male friendship’ The Times
Have you read it yet? bit.ly/DraytonMackenzie
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Delighted to be returning to the @edbookfest with the true story of the Scottish Enlightenment, what Robert Burns was really like, and how the teenage Walter Scott hoodwinked his mum and dad. Tickets on sale from June 25, link below.
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Some ambitions build, some ambitions destroy — but friendship endures.
A Times, Sunday Times, GQ, Financial Times and Bloomberg BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
'My book of the Summer' Janice Turner
Out now paperback: ow.ly/sWeU50YT9sK
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Airing my views in the @ScottishField - shout out to @rafael_torrubia, @P14Murray, @es_thomson and @StarrittAlex, and huge thanks to @Antonia_Reeve for the pic.
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Drayton and Mackenzie has been chosen as Hatchard’s June Book of the Month!
Drayton and Mackenzie is out in paperback on June 4th, pre-order your copy now: bit.ly/3RJIB28 🌊
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An epic of ambition, chaos, and the friendship that survives it.
A Times, Sunday Times, GQ, Financial Times and Bloomberg BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
'Very moving' GQ Books of the Year
Coming soon in paperback: bit.ly/DraytonMackenzie
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It would appear the critics agree that you should read my damn book. bookmarks.reviews/reviews/am…
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My book, AMERICAN MEN, is out today. It's an intimate, immersive work of narrative nonfiction that interweaves the stories of four vastly different men, grappling with their relationship to masculinity. I'd love for you to read it.
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In the state of Wyoming in the USA lies a real hydrological oddity. It's a small stream (creek) that is thought to be the only one of very few examples in the world. It is placed so precariously and perfectly that it's hard to believe it is able to exist.
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ALT Source: https://ims.er.usgs.gov/gda_services/download?item_id=5616608
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More than a book about business. Has the breadth of a 19th century Russian novel. @StarrittAlex
