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John Harvey (born 21 December 1938 in London) is a British author of crime fiction most famous for his series of jazz-influenced Charlie Resnick novels, based in the City of Nottingham.

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Writing career[edit]

Harvey has published over 100 books under various names, and has worked on scripts for TV and radio. He started writing in the 1970s when he produced a variety of pulp fiction including westerns.[1] He also ran Slow Dancer Press from 1977 to 1999 publishing poetry. His own poetry has been published in a number of chapbooks and two collections, 'Ghosts of a Chance' and 'Bluer Than This', published by Smith/Doorstop. In 2014 Smith/Doorstop published a New & Selected Poems, 'Out of Silence'.

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The first Resnick novel, Lonely Hearts, was published in 1989, and was named by The Times as one of the 100 Greatest Crime Novels of the Century. Harvey brought the series to an end in 2014 with Darkness, Darkness, which he dramatised for the stage and which was produced at Nottingham Playhouse in 2014. Resnick has also made peripheral appearances in Harvey's new Frank Elder series.

The new protagonist Elder is a retired detective who now lives, as Harvey briefly did, in Cornwall. The first novel in this series, Flesh and Blood, won Harvey the Crime Writers' AssociationSilver Dagger in 2004, an accolade many crime fiction critics[who?] thought long overdue. In 2007 he was awarded the Diamond Dagger for a Lifetime's Contribution to the genre.

Nottingham links[edit]

Harvey moved to Nottingham in the 1960s in order to teach English and Drama at Heanor Aldercar Secondary School in South East Derbyshire. Towards the end of the 1960s he left Nottingham to teach first in Andover, Hampshire, and then in Stevenage, Herts, returning to Nottingham to study for an MA in the Department of American Studies at the University of Nottingham. .[2]

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On 14 July 2009 he received an honorary degree (Doctor of Letters) from the University of Nottingham in recognition of his literary eminence and his associations with both the university and Nottingham (particularly in the Charlie Resnick novels).

He is a Notts County F.C. fan and honorary member of its supporters club. Since 2016 he has been President of Bromley House Library. He now lives in London.[2]

Bibliography[edit]

Standalone novels[edit]

  • In A True Light (2001)
  • Gone to Ground (2007) Shortlisted for Theakston’s Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award 2009.[3]
  • Nick's Blues (2008 - novella)
  • Far Cry (2009)
  • A Darker Shade of Blue (2010) (a collection of short stories)
  • Good Bait (2012)

Charlie Resnick series[edit]

  1. Lonely Hearts (1989)[2]
  2. Rough Treatment
  3. Cutting Edge (1991)
  4. Off Minor (1991)
  5. Wasted Years (1993)
  6. Cold Light
  7. Living Proof
  8. Easy Meat (1996)
  9. Still Water (1997)
  10. Last Rites (1998)
  11. Now's The Time: The Complete Resnick Short Stories (2006)
  12. Trouble in Mind (novella also featuring Jack Kiley) (2007)
  13. Cold in Hand (2008)
  14. Darkness, Darkness (Resnick's last case) (2013)

Frank Elder[edit]

  1. Flesh and Blood (2004)
  2. Ash and Bone (2005)
  3. Darkness and Light (2006)
  4. Body and Soul (Frank Elder's last case) (19 April 2018)

Awards and accolades[edit]

  • 1989 - The Times' list of the Hundred Best Crime Novels of the Last Century for Lonely Hearts
  • 1990 - CWAGold Dagger for Fiction (shortlist): Rough Treatment
  • 1992 - New York Festivals, Bronze medal, Screenplay for Best TV Drama Series: 'Resnick: Lonely Hearts'
  • 1995 - CWADagger in the Library
  • 1997 - French CWA award for Best Foreign Novel (short list): Off Minor
  • 1998 - Sherlock Award for Best British Detective, Charlie Resnick: Last Rites
  • 1999 - Sony Radio Drama Silver Award for adaptation of Graham Greene's 'The End of the Affair'
  • 2000 - Grand Prix du Roman Noir Étranger:' Cold Light'
  • 2004 - CWASilver Dagger for Fiction: Flesh and Blood
  • 2004 - Barry Award for Flesh and Blood
  • 2007 - CWACartier Diamond Dagger award for a Lifetime's Achievement in the Field
  • 2007 - Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award (longlist): Ash & Bone
  • 2007 - Prix du Polar Europeen : 'Ash & Bone'
  • 2009 - Honorary Degree, Doctor of Letters : University of Nottingham
  • 2013 - Honorary Degree, Doctor of Letters : University of Hertfordshire
  • 2014 - CWA Short Story Dagger : 'Fedora'

References[edit]

  1. ^https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/dec/29/featuresreviews.guardianreview9
  2. ^ abc'Author John Harvey interview: Resnick's last case'. 17 May 2014.
  3. ^'Shortlist for Theakston's Crime Novel of the year Award 2009'. digyorkshire.com. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2009.

External links[edit]

  • Author profile at Piccadilly Publishing
  • Feature on the Hart the Regulator Western series at Piccadilly Publishing


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Against a background of shifting allegiances, involving the violent gangs on the estate where he lives and his first serious involvement with a girl, Nick is forced to come to terms, not only with whom his father was but who he is himself.
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Jan 14, 2016Guillaume Tribulations d'une vie rated it really liked it
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C'est à Londres que l'auteur place son intrigue. On y fait la connaissance de Nick un adolescent mal dans sa peau que la vie n'a pas épargné. Son père s'est suicidé, il vit seul avec sa mère qui fait tout pour lui donner la meilleure des vie possible.
Très rapidement l'intrigue se concentre sur les soucis que peuvent rencontrer les adolescents à cette période de la vie. Nick est raillé par ses camarades, humilié verbalement sans raison apparente. Le destin...more
Sixteen year old Nick and his mother live in a working poor housing estate in North London. She works two jobs and he has a job after school. Nick’s father committed suicide when he was seven. When Nick turns sixteen, his mother gives him a box from his father which contains memorabilia. Amid the background of gangs and a burgeoning relationship with a girl, Nick tries to discover who is father really was and in turn, finds out whom he is himself. It’s a coming of age story, an interesting and q...more
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En bref, j'ai aimé la plume de l'auteur et l'histoire qu'il nous raconte mais je m'attendais à quelque chose de plus centré sur la musique. On s'attache tout de même à Nick, on est curieux de voir de quelle manière il s'en sort et surtout s'il va y arriver. Les évènements s'enchainent bien, il n'y a pas de temps morts et l'histoire coule presque toute seule...
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This was slightly odd, more of a short story than I'd expected. I enjoyed the writing tho and felt the main characters were well done. The wrap up felt abrupt and I could have used at least a few more pages to finish things without feeling rushed away from the story.
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