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Geoff Nicholson
Geoff J. Nicholson (born 4 March 1953) is a British novelist and non-fiction writer.
==Biography==
Geoff J. Nicholson was born in Hillsborough, Sheffield〔''The Lost Art of Walking,'' Riverhead Books (2008).〕 and was educated at the Universities of Cambridge and Essex.
He is generally regarded as a satirist in the tradition of Evelyn Waugh,〔Robert L. Caserio & Clement Hawes, ''The Cambridge History of the English Novel'' (2012). https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AHdhBAAAQBAJ&lpg=PT1226&ots=-a0Cd95n_M&dq=%22geoff%20nicholson%22%20martin%20amis&pg=PT1226#v=onepage&q=%22geoff%20nicholson%22%20martin%20amis&f=false〕 his writing also being compared favorably with that of Kinsgley and Martin Amis, Jonathan Coe,〔Robert L. Caserio & Clement Hawes, ''The Cambridge History of the English Novel'' (2012). https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AHdhBAAAQBAJ&lpg=PT1226&ots=-a0Cd95n_M&dq=%22geoff%20nicholson%22%20martin%20amis&pg=PT1226#v=onepage&q=%22geoff%20nicholson%22%20martin%20amis&f=false〕 Will Self and Zadie Smith.〔Jamieson Ridenhour, ''In Darkest London: The Gothic Cityscape in Victorian Literature'' (2013). https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wf2HEo1RGFwC&lpg=PA145&ots=NA_zsgo-RE&dq=%22geoff%20nicholson%22%20martin%20amis&pg=PA145#v=onepage&q=%22geoff%20nicholson%22%20martin%20amis&f=false〕 The main themes and features of his books include leading characters with major obsessions, sexual and otherwise (guitars, Volkswagens, women's feet and shoes), interweaving storylines and hidden subcultures and societies. His books usually contain a lot of black humour. He has also written several works of non-fiction and many short stories. His novel ''Bleeding London'' was shortlisted for the 1997 Whitbread Prize.
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