Eating Air

Film and TV actress Pauline Melville burst onto the literary scene in the early nineties with a short story collection, Shape-shifter, which won the Guardian Fiction Prize, the Macmillan Silver Pen Award and a Commonwealth Writers' Prize. Pauline's first novel, The Ventriloquist's Tale won the Whitbread First Novel Award, was shortlisted for the Orange Prize. She lives in London.

'Shocking and original. One of the few novels about terrorism - that may transcend their time.' Heather McRobie, New Statesman 'A fiendishly clever novel - Brilliantly funny and sharp.' Kate Saunders, Times 'A virtuoso performance.' Stevie Davies, The Independent 'Compelling.' Lavinia Greenlaw, The Financial Times '[Has] a wild energy that demands attention.' Hermione Lee, Guardian