The Bloater

The Bloater delights us by its wit, relish, and new-minted metaphors * Daily Telegraph *
Brittle, spry, spiky, amusing, a comedy of love… an original and distinctive flavour * Sunday Times *
[Tonks’] novels are valuable curios…of their time. They read like a strange hybrid of Muriel Spark and Beryl Bainbridge with a dash of Joe Orton – William Boyd * The Times *
What a charismatic writer Rosemary Tonks is. The Bloater is lively and witty with some brilliant metaphors and descriptions, and so atmospheric. I really enjoyed it – Katy Wix
It is about flirtation as a method of self-organization, and a crush as a method of self-torture. All of The Bloater, however-every single sentence-is funny * New Yorker *

Rosemary Tonks (Author)

Rosemary Tonks (1928-2014) was a colourful figure in the London literary scene during the 1960s. She published two poetry collections, Notes on Cafes and Bedrooms and Iliad of Broken Sentences, and six novels, from Opium Fogs to The Halt During the Chase. Tonks wrote for the Observer, The Times, New York Review of Books, Listener, New Statesman and Encounter, and presented poetry programmes for the BBC.

Stewart Lee (Introducer)

Stewart Lee began performing stand-up in 1988 and won the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year in 1990. He co-wrote the libretto for Jerry Springer- The Opera, which won four Olivier Awards, and is known for his BAFTA-winning BBC series Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle. His major live shows include Carpet Remnant World, Much A Stew About Nothing, Snowflake/Tornado, and Stewart Lee vs The Man-Wulf. He is also the bestselling author of How I Escaped My Certain Fate, Content Provider, and March of the Lemmings.

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