Charles Lambert in London to promote his new book

Charles Lambert is in London this week to promote his new book, WITH A ZERO AT ITS HEART, published by The Friday Project last month.

Charles is doing a Waterstones Salon at Waterstones Piccadilly on Monday 9 June at 7pm – the event is free, but you can book your ticket here. On Tuesday 10 June, The Friday Project will host his launch at Belgravia Books, at 6:30pm.

WITH A ZERO AT ITS HEART has already been receiving great reviews, with Anya Lipska calling it “poetic, moving, memorable”, and the Guardian describing it as “carrying considerable emotional clout… poetic, tender and funny”. 

Charles Lambert’s literary thriller, THE VIEW FROM THE TOWER, was published December 2013 by Exhibit A, and launched in Rome earlier this year.

Praise for Charles Lambert:

'Charles Lambert is a seriously good writer, one deserving of encouragement and recognition.' -- Beryl Bainbridge

'Charles Lambert writes as if his life depends on it. He takes risks at every turn.' -- Hannah Tinti author of THE GOOD THIEF

'Lambert is really very good indeed.' -- Scott Pack

Praise for WITH A ZERO AT ITS HEART:

'Pearls or A String of Tiny Masterpieces ... Charles Lambert's stories are luminous miniatures, deceptively easy to read and yet every word, every detail offers a window to a much bigger world. I've seen something different every time I've read these stories - and I've read them many times already.' – Sarah Salway

'Beautifully crafted life in miniatures. Incredibly original.' - A.M. Bakalar

‘In breathtaking sequence after sequence, Charles Lambert demonstrates the unflinching honesty of a narrator unafraid to live, ultimately building WITH A ZERO AT ITS HEART into a stunning portrait of a loss and redeeming love.’ – Niven Govinden 

'A striking conceit... elegantly written and carries considerable emotional clout... poetic, tender and funny' –  Guardian

Charles Lambert – Three Books, Two New Publishers

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Exhibit A, Angry Robot's crime imprint, have acquired World English Language rights to two novels by Charles Lambert. The first to be published will be THE VIEW FROM THE TOWER, a gripping psychological thriller about friendship, love and betrayal.

In the same week, Scott Pack of The Friday Project acquired UK & BC rights excluding Canada in Lambert's haunting and highly original WITH A ZERO AT ITS HEART, a sequence of short texts, each of exactly 120 words. Arranged by theme, including objects, clothes, sex, danger, travel, work, theft, animals, money, language, among others, these form striking glimpses – comic, tender, shocking, enigmatic – of one man's life.

Charles Lambert is also the author of two novels, LITTLE MONSTERS (Picador 2008) and ANY HUMAN FACE (Picador 2010), praised by Jake Kerridge in the Telegraph as a 'beautifully written crime story that brings to life the Rome that tourists don't see'.

Isobel Dixon remarked that these deals showcase Charles's 'immense talent and versatility'.

THE VIEW FROM THE TOWER and WITH A ZERO AT ITS HEART are both due to be published in early 2014.

Praise for Charles Lambert:

'Charles Lambert is a seriously good writer, one deserving of encouragement and recognition.' -- Beryl Bainbridge
 
'Charles Lambert writes as if his life depends on it. He takes risks at every turn.' -- Hannah Tinti author of THE GOOD THIEF
 
'Lambert is really very good indeed.' -- Scott Pack