| Michael Nath | |
| Occupation: | Novelist and academic |
| Nationality: | British |
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| Notableworks: | La Rochelle (2010), British Story: A Romance (2014) |
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| Awards: | James Tait Black Memorial Prize (shortlisted 2011) |
| Website: | Nath's website Michael Nath at University of Westminster |
Michael Nath is a British author and academic in the field of English Literature. His first novel, La Rochelle (2010), was shortlisted for the 2011 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction.[1] His second, British Story: A Romance (2014), was a Morning Star Book of the Year.[2] It was described by The Times Literary Supplement as "a wonderful exercise in novelistic virtuosity, strange and beautiful."[3] His most recent novel, The Treatment,[4] (Quercus, 2020), was a critical success: The Guardian (Michael Donkor: "it is the voices and the language that make this novel such a triumph");[5] iPaper (Sarah Hughes: "His writing is addictive, sometimes strange, often beautiful");[6] Arts Desk ("A London novel to join the greats");[7] Morning Star (Paul Simon: "beautifully vulgar");[8] Tablet (hailed by AN Wilson: "Some of the most interesting dialogue I’ve read in years … a fantastic book");[9] Metro (Anthony Cummings: "a maverick project that defies comparison").
In The Guardian, David Peace selected it as "The Book I Wish I’d Written".[10] Ardal O’Hanlon recently selected it as a favourite novel (Hatchards Q&A).[11]
It was also one of iPaper's, the 40 Best Books of 2020;[12] a Daily Telegraph Best Crime Novel of 2020;[13] Novel of the Year in the Morning Star;[14] a Best Book of 2020, Arts Desk;[15] and Sunday Times Crime Club Paperback of the week.
The Treatment has acquired a reputation: "Publishers should be less risk-averse. Look at […] The Treatment by Michael Nath; if novels are going to survive, novelists have a responsibility to push the boundaries." [<nowiki/>[[David Peace]]][16]
Nath is presently working on a novel about The Fall.
Nath is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster, London specialising in modernism and creative writing;[17] [18] his work has been featured by the Tate Gallery.[19]
Nath lives in London with his wife, the neuroscientist Sarah Tabrizi.[20]