David Thewlis rose to prominence in 1993 when starring in Mike Leigh's film Naked, for which he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. Other notable film appearances include Seven Years in Tibet, The Big Lebowski, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, War Horse, The Theory of Everything, Anomalisa and I'm Thinking of Ending Things. He is known for his portrayals of Remus Lupin in the Harry Potter film series and Sir Patrick Morgan/Ares in Wonder Woman. He was nominated for an Emmy Award, Critics' Choice Television Award and Golden Globe Award for his role in the TV series Fargo. He also wrote and directed the BAFTA nominated short film Hello Hello Hello. Shooting Martha is his second novel.
This theatrical thriller by actor David Thewlis is darkly comic,
beautifully written and full of surprises.
*DAILY MAIL*
A riotously good novel, witty and earnest, brimming with sharply
drawn characters and creeping suspense. David Thewlis is a fabulous
writer.
*Anna Bailey, Sunday Times bestselling author of TALL BONES*
Really funny. David is a great writer.
*Paula Hawkins, Good Housekeeping*
A deliciously smart, hilarious human drama with the pace and
intrigue of a gripping thriller. One of the year's most memorable
novels.
*B P Walter, author of the Sunday Times bestseller THE DINNER
GUEST*
A thriller that Hitchcock fans will love.
*SHEERLUXE*
PRAISE FOR DAVID THEWLIS'S PREVIOUS NOVEL:
'Thewlis has taken the turn-of-the-millennium London art scene and
eviscerated it and the resulting gore makes for wonderful
entertainment... This is a funny and successful satire of the
contemporary art world, but at its core, it is a novel about the
over-indulged and fragile artist's ego, about insecurity, about the
darker layers of human relationships... Hilarious and
horror-filled' Francesca Segal, Observer
'Exquisitely written with a warm heart and a wry wit... Stunning'
Elle
'A fine study in character disintegration and a very funny satire
on the contemporary art world' David Baddiel, The Times
'A queasily entertaining carnival of art and self-destruction'
FT
'Thewlis has a driving, spiky prose style and a way with blackly
comic scenarios' New Statesman
'Thewlis has an eye for grotesque minutiae and, unsurprisingly for
an esteemed actor, a real feel for dialogue and wordplay' The
List
'Thewlis...has successfully transferred his talents to the page,
displaying a sharp ear for dialogue and a scabrously satiric prose
style' Daily Mail
'[Thewlis] great debut novel is a wry account of a spoilt
middle-man's collapse' InStyle
'This laugh-out-loud, darkly intelligent debut suggests that
Thewlis might meet with considerable success should he decide to
quit acting and take up the pen full-time... Readers who have
mourned the end of Sue Townsend's wonderful, long-running Adrian
Mole series will find solace of a sort here, as will anyone who
enjoys a thought-provoking skewering of modern art by a
knowledgeable writer and an inescapably doomed but appealing hero'
Publishers Weekly
'This is far more than an actor's vanity project: Thewlis has
talent' Kirkus
'David Thewlis has written an extraordinarily good novel, which is
not only brilliant in its own right, but stands proudly beside his
work as an actor, no mean boast' Billy Connolly
'I laughed and laughed until I read my own name amongst the carnage
of Thewlis's unfortunate characters. This book is a disgrace - it's
mean, cruel and refreshingly cynical' Jake Chapman
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