Tim Parks
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Born in Manchester, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard. He lives in Milan.

He is the acclaimed author of novels, non-fiction and essays, including Europa, In Extremis, A Season with Verona, Teach Us to Sit Still and Italian Ways. He has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, won the Somerset Maugham Award, the Betty Trask Prize, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the John Florio Prize and the Italo Calvino Prize.

Books by Tim Parks
The Hero's Way
Tim Parks

An entertaining and informative journey across Italy in the footsteps of the great Italian political hero, Garibaldi.

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Italian Life
Tim Parks

How does Italy actually work? The bestselling writer on Italian culture sets out to answer this question -- and the results are often surprising

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Hotel Milano
Tim Parks

Set in a grand hotel as Milan shuts down in early 2020, this is a classic story of a man's emotional reckoning and the unexpected kindness of strangers

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