James Hawes

As an Oxford undergraduate James Hawes saw and handled the original manuscript of The Castle. After taking a PhD on Nietzsche and Kafka he held university lecture-ships at Maynooth Sheffield and Swansea. He is the author of five novels including A White Merc with Fins and White Powder Green Light. His most recent novel Speak For England (2005) was widely and enthusiastically reviewed. The BBC has commissioned Andrew Davies to re-work the novel for TV.