Pistache

Aw, what the hell. Pistache is hilarious - buy 10 copies for Christmas presents: you can get it in FOPP. Herewith, Faulks' back-flap 'biog', by way of a taster.

"The author was born in Vilnius in 1969 and educated by Russian monks. He learned English while working as a deckhand in Odessa.

His first novel Shortlist was longlisted for the Bass-Charrington Book of the Week. His collection of sea poetry, Port List, was nominated for the Rowntrees Silver Pastille. His most recent book, Through a Dark Ghastly, was runner-up in the Watney-Mann Bookend of Longlists.

He is married to his work and lives in Fier, in the Albanian lowlands."