Simon Edge, der auf einen Hintergrund in Philosophie und Journalismus zurückgreift, schreibt mit einer ausgeprägten komödiantischen Stimme und satirischer Schärfe. Seine Romane erkunden die komplexen Schnittstellen von Kunst, Glauben und menschlicher Natur und stellen oft historische Persönlichkeiten und ihre Rivalitäten durch eine moderne, satirische Linse neu dar. Edge verbindet gekonnt tiefgründige Themen mit geistreichen Beobachtungen und bietet eine einzigartige Perspektive auf andauernde menschliche Konflikte und Motivationen.
A literary comedy about the 18th-century rivalry between Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Joshua Reynolds for the affections of the Royal Family. Meanwhile, in the present day, a picture which may or may not be a long-lost Gainsborough turns up on a TV antiques show being filmed in Suffolk
A comedy featuring Christopher Columbus, a tech billionaire and a global delusion
A comedy about the rediscovery of the body of England's ancient patron saint, St Edmund, and a misguided attempt by an ambitious politician to exploit the find for her own ends
When gay, pleasure-seeking Stefano Cartwright is almost killed by a wave while at the beach, his journey up a tunnel of light convinces him that God exists after all, and he may need to change his ways if he is not to end up in hell. When God happens to look down his celestial telescope and see Stefano, he is obliged to pay unprecedented attention to an obscure planet in a distant galaxy, and ends up on the greatest adventure of his multi-eon existence. The Hurtle of Hell combines a tender, human story of rejection and reconnection with an utterly original and often very funny theological thought-experiment, in an entrancing fable that is both mischievous and big-hearted.
Tim Cleverley inherits a failing pub in Wales, which he plans to rescue by enlisting an American pulp novelist to concoct an entirely fabricated "mystery" about Gerald Manley Hopkins, who composed "The Wreck of the Deutschland" nearby. Blending the real stories of Hopkins and the shipwrecked nuns he wrote about with a contemporary love story, while casting a wry eye on the Dan Brown industry, The Hopkins Conundrum is a highly original mix of commercial fiction, literary biography, and satirical commentary.
A satirical novel inspired by two iconic real-life court cases - one in Tennessee in the 1920s, the second in London in 2022 - which takes aim at modern crank beliefs and herd behaviour.