John King

Novelist John King discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

John King is the author of nine novels with a tenth (London Country) to be published in 2023. His debut The Football Factory was turned into a film starring Danny Dyer and Dudley Sutton, while his most recent (Slaughterhouse Prayer) is being developed for television. His first novella The Beasts Of Brussels appeared as one-third of The Seal Club in 2020 along with work by Irvine Welsh and Alan Warner. The second of a proposed trilogy (Seal Club 2: The View From Poacher’s Hill) is due in 2023. John co-owns London Books, edits the London Classics fiction list, publishes and edits the small-press fiction journal Verbal and co-runs the Human Punk nights at London’s 100 Club. He has also written articles and reviews for the likes of the New Statesman in the UK, la Repubblica in Italy and Le Monde in France. You can find out more at https://www.john-king-author.co.uk/

1. The Middle Path https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhadasa

2. The benefits of leaving the EU https://www.john-king-author.co.uk/liberal-politics

3. The realities of animal slaughter https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/til-the-pigs-come-round/

4. Drinking beer in public houses is good for our health https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/the-moon-under-water/

5. The so-called lowlife literature of 1930s London https://www.london-books.co.uk/

6. Dharma Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbAb9oqkHlQ

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