- Imprint: Harvill Secker
- ISBN: 9781787303850
- Length: 288 pages
- Price: £18.99
There Is No Meant to Be
A Family Story
Guardian on THE COWARDTender, wise and brutally funny
The Times on THE COWARDWritten with insight and savage wit
Irvine Welsh on THE COWARDYou won't find a more uplifting read in these dark times
About Jarred McGinnis
Jarred McGinnis is the co-founder of The Special Relationship, which was chosen for the British Council’s International Literature Showcase. His short fiction has been commissioned for BBC Radio 4 and appeared in literary journals in the UK, Canada, USA and Ireland. He is an Associate Writer for Spread the Word, a fellow of the London Library’s Emerging Writer Programme and a Writer-in-Residence for First Story. He also has a PhD in Artificial Intelligence, but mostly he inspires the able-bodied by using public transport and taking his daughters to the playground. This debut novel, The Coward, was a BBC Two Between the Covers Book Club Pick.
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