Adam Macqueen’s first novel, political thriller Beneath the Streets, the first in a series featuring rent-boy turned private detective Tommy Wildeblood, was published by Lightning Books in April 2020. The second in the series, The Enemy Within, will follow in 2021.
Adam’s non-fiction books include The Prime Minister’s Ironing Board and other State Secrets (Little, Brown, 2013) and the The Lies of the Land: An Honest History of Political Deceit (Atlantic 2018).
He has been contributing to Private Eye magazine since 1997, and wrote the bestselling history of the magazine which was published for its 50th anniversary in 2011. He is also on the editorial team of Popbitch, and from 1999-2002 was deputy editor of The Big Issue.
He lives on the South Coast with his husband, the painter Michael Tierney.
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Hello Adam, this is Juju from France, I heard about your novel a few days ago on BBC 4 and the people talking about it was so excited about it I ordered it on the spot, I received it on Saturday and couldn’t put it down, it’s really a fantastic read, probably my favorite of all the books I’ve ever read …
… I was wondering if it will be translated into French (and other languages) because I would like my friends to read it, I’m sure non-English speaking gay people would enjoy it as much as English-speaking people, I know some straight people enjoy it too, maybe because everybody enjoys reading thrillers and books about a political-sexual scandal … and books that are breathtaking, captivating and sometimes heartbreaking
I hope all is well with you and yours and am very much looking forward to reading the 2nd Tommy adventure !!
Thank you,
Juju from France
Hi Juju – really glad you enjoyed it so much! No plans for translations as yet, but if you wanted to tell any French publishers it would be a good idea, I’d definitely be up for it.