John Crace (writer)

John Crace (writer)

John Crace is a British journalist writing for "The Guardian".

Crace is probably best known for his "The Digested Read" column, in which he reviews new fiction by condensing it into short narratives of about 700 words. He has also written books on cricket, tennis, and the semi-fictional memoirs, ' and '.

He is a distant cousin of novelist Jim Crace. [ [http://www.identitytheory.com/people/birnbaum14.html An interview with Jim Crace] . Retrieved 8/6/07.]

On 10 March 2008, John Crace wrote an article putting down Eckhart Tolle's The Power of Now. http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2263979,00.html

References

* [http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/john_crace/profile.html "Guardian" profile] (includes author photograph)
* [http://books.guardian.co.uk/digestedread/0,,124958,00.html "The Digested Read"]
* [http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search?search-alias=stripbooks&field-keywords=&author=John+Crace&select-author=field-author-like&title=&select-title=field-title&subject=&select-subject=field-subject&field-publisher=&field-isbn=&chooser-sort=rank%21%2Bsalesrank&node=&field-binding=&mysubmitbutton1.x=28&mysubmitbutton1.y=12 John Crace's books] at "amazon.co.uk"

External links

* [http://www.journalisted.com/john-crace Journalisted - Articles by John Crace]

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