Wrote about Alexander Starritt’s excellent Drayton and Mackenzie, Anglofuturist fiction, and whether the novel can help us imagine our way to economic growth.

Calm. Cool. Collected. Named everyone else on his crew. Said “anyone else would have done the same,” and then saved close to 200 people. A truly humble professional and hero. I hope this man gets every good thing he deserves.

Here's my review of Drayton and Mackenzie, Alex Starritt's capacious, elegantly written novel of entrepreneurship and bromance in this week's The TLS Swift Press the-tls.com/literature/fic…

Made it, ma. First time on the cover of the TLS for my review of Alex Starritt's wonderful new novel Drayton and Mackenzie in this week's The TLS Swift Press

Drayton and Mackenzie by Alexander Starritt review: 'a richly enjoyable novel of ideas' trib.al/NhqrNTi

I highly recommend Alexander Starritt's Drayton and Mackenzie: that rare thing a novel about business that captures both the frustration and excitement of creating something from nothing, bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Just ordered. Lots of buzz about this book (return of the 'big business novel' etc.) by Alex Starritt

An unlikely alliance: Drayton and Mackenzie, by Alexander Starritt, reviewed ✍️ Susie Mesure spectator.co.uk/article/an-unl…

Can’t believe I’ve lived far enough into the future to learn the first slur for robots

Excellent review in The Scotsman by #AllanMassie of Alex Starritt's "Drayton and Mackenzie."

A group of people in Japan have adopted this lifestyle

Few write a novel about management consultants, the 2008 financial crash & tidal power. But these are the topics of Alexander Starritt’s “Drayton & Mackenzie”. Very different from his bery funny “The Beast” about tabloid jornalism, it is about male friendship. Surprisingly moving

I've just finished Drayton and Mackenzie by Alexander Starrit and it's outstanding: warm, cerebral, compelling, educated, grown up, haunting, huge in scope and very readable. Why on earth isn't it on the Booker long list?

This new novel by my friend Alex Starritt is a masterpiece which anyone who graduated into the financial crisis will find chillingly familiar - it's also the best exploration of male friendship in a novel for decades. Please read it.

'A big book, and almost Dickensian in its scope ... very moving' #DraytonandMackenzie by Alex Starritt is a British GQ Book of the Year. Read the full review: shorturl.at/P5yxE

Congratulations to our top 16: Mike Bird, Saabira Chaudhuri, Cory Doctorow NONCONSENSUAL BLUE TICK, Eva Dou, Eddie Fishman, David Gelles, Karen Hao, Gardiner Harris, Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson, Helen Lewis, Tim Minshall, Alex Starritt, Dan Wang, Joan C. Williams, Stephen Witt Nikkei Asia

Tune in to Jazz FM’s Summer Book Club this Saturday from 9 to hear Alex Starritt discussing #DraytonandMackenzie with Thomas Watters Listen on your DAB radio, smart speaker, on the Rayo app or online hellorayo.co.uk/jazz-fm/play/

New today on Susan's Bookshelves. susanelkin.co.uk/articles/susan…

An outstanding novel. In times when masculinity is under huge scrutiny, this is such a positive, uplifting book about (amongst many other things) what it can mean to be a man. But the ending - oh my heart. It absolutely should be Booker long-listed

I’m very proud to be running to be elected to the Management Committee of the Society of Authors. You can read my full statement here: jencalleja.com/writing/ Voting is for SoA members and is done by post. Votes must arrive by 22 October.