Patrick Flanery, whose previous two books have been extremely well-reviewed, is an emerging, powerful voice in contemporary British literary fiction; A timely and very topical novel given current fears over state surveillance, the rights of individuals to privacy and opinion, and the knowledge, and related self-censorship, that everyone is being watched, all the time.

Praise for Absolution: "A wonderfully constructed and gripping novel about betrayal and shadows in South Africa" AS Byatt, Guardian, 'Books of the Year'; "A bold calling card from a major new writer" Independent on Sunday, 'Books of the Year'; Praise for Fallen Land: "A gripping thriller and a superb portrayal of how ordinary men can veer into madness, but its real power lies in its recognition of the tragic failure of an American dream." Guardian: "Thrillingly tense and atmospheric... Comparisons to Nathaniel Hawthorne would not be extravagant." Financial Times; "A country without privacy is a country without freedom": Patrick Flanery's new novel is a crusade against the growing restrictions on the freedoms of expression, action and speech."

Patrick Flanery was born in California in 1975 and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. He studied Film at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and earned a PhD in Twentieth-Century English Literature at the University of Oxford. He contributes articles to a number of academic journals and he has written for Slightly Foxed, the Daily Telegraph and The Times Literary Suoplernent. He has published two novels to critical acclaim, Absolution in 2012 and Fallen Land in 2013. He lives in London.