John Kelly

A journalist and columnist, John is also an author, with two novels published by prestigious Random House imprint Jonathan Cape.


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The Little Hammer

Rampant wit and a deft and elegant control of language... a glittering debut

The Times

John Kelly is an immensely gifted writer – he can do things with the spoken language that are rare to behold and behear

Tom Paulin

The Little Hammer is comic gem

Glasgow Evening Herald

Immediate, passionate and shot through with descriptive brilliance, the narrative voice is both charming and convincing

The Guardian

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Sophisticated Boom Boom

A witty, inventive, exhilarating novel which marks out its own territory with confidence.

The Guardian (Read the full review here)

A universally applicable evocation of male adolesence 

Sophisticated Boom Boom as recommended by William Gibson when asked about his bedside reading by the London Independent

Wonderful.  Very touching.

Elvis Costello

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