The Calligrapher - Softcover

‘Stylish, witty, cleverly written. A brilliant debut.’ Daily Mail

‘A harsh moral fable. An arresting debut and promise of more to come.’ Spectator

‘A wonderful novel...Achieves the rare feat of being bookish and sussed in the same breath.’ Matt Beaumont

‘Fascinating and very funny. Jasper Jackson is a fine creation.’ Niall Griffiths

A gripping story of modern-day love and old-fashioned revenge about a man who is not quite as clever as he thinks, and a woman who is much smarter than she seems.

Jasper Jackson has a life most men would kill for. The greatest living calligrapher, he divides his time between womanising, transcribing the 'Songs and Sonnets' of John Donne and contending with his friend Will – a subversive aristocrat who runs a tramp orchestra. But when the perfect woman turns up half-naked beneath his studio window, Jasper abandons all others to concentrate on seducing her. Madeleine though is every bit his match and not at all as she first appears...

Brilliantly written, stylish and very funny, 'The Calligrapher' is about two people who pit their wits against each other and fall in love just when the contest is at its most intense.