- Julian Gough
Julian Gough is an Irish
novelist and singer with the rock bandToasted Heretic .Gough was born in
London but grew up inNenagh ,County Tipperary . He moved toGalway to attend college, and there formed Toasted Heretic. The band released a number of well-received albums and had a top ten hit with the single "Galway and Los Angeles".Gough also has a career as a novelist; his first novel, "Juno and Juliet", was published in 2001. A majority of the book takes place on the campus of the
National University of Ireland, Galway . The opening chapter of his most recent novel, "Jude: Level 1", titled "The Orphan and the Mob," won [http://www.theshortstory.org.uk/nssp/ The BBC National Short Story Award] . Levels 2 and 3 of "Jude" are being published in installments online.In May 2008 Gough was involved in a much-publicised pig-napping incident. A home-made video appeared on YouTube displaying Gough stealing the prize pig awarded to author
Will Self for the 2008Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction.Julian Gough currently lives in
Berlin with his pig.External links
* [http://www.juliangough.com/ Julian Gough's website] (NOTE: NSFW photograph)
* [http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=9276 Julian Gough essay on comedy ("Prospect")]
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