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Shelf Life: Tim Binding

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From: Scotland on Sunday
Date: 20030831
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Tim Binding was born in Germany in 1947. His latest novel, Anthem, is published in hardback by Picador on September 19. Previous novels include A Perfect Execution and Island Madness. He lives in Kent with his wife and daughter.

What books are on your bedside table?

Balzac's A Harlot High and Low; Emile Zola's La Bete Humaine; Simon Sebag Montefiore, Stalin: The Court Of The Red Tsar and The Frogmen by Waldron & Gleeson.

Which books have you been unable to finish?

The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil.

What was your favourite childhood book?

The Wind On The Moon by Eric Linklater. My ...

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