Within Without

JEFF NOON is an award-winning British cult novelist, short story writer and playwright. He won the Arthur C Clarke Award for Vurt, the John W Campbell award for Best New Writer, a Tinniswood Award for innovation in radio drama and the Mobil prize for playwriting.

He was trained in the visual arts, and was musically active on the punk scene before starting to write plays for the theatre. His work spans SF and fantasy genres, exploring the ever-changing borderzone between genre fiction and the avant-garde.

One of our finest writers...Within Without is a tour de force of surrealist SF
SFX Magazine

"Feels like an instant cult novel: a weird, psychedelic, literate and literary mystery that weaves a giddy web of confusion and style... An intoxicating and rewarding experience"
Aurealis Magazine

A disturbing and bizarre journey by one of the great masters of weird fiction.
Adrian Tchaikovsky, Arthur C Clarke Award-winning author of Children of Time on A Man of Shadows

Clocks and watches form a recurrent motif in this artful, eerie novel that infuses the mystery genre with symbolism and soul.
Financial Times on A Man of Shadows

Noon is the Lewis Carroll of Manchester s housing estates" The Times

Noon is a fiercely urban writer." New Statesman

Noon s blend of quirky ideas, striking prose and imaginative characterisations establishes him as one of the most original voices in imaginative fiction. Booklist

Let s call him the first of the psychedelic fantasists.
Time Out

Humorous, horrific and wildly original an imaginative masterpiece.
Library Journal on A Man of Shadows

Intriguingly textured, reliably witty and inventive, Noon s whirling purposeful fantasy packs a full whallop.
Kirkus Reviews

"Classic Jeff Noon weirdness with a beautifully crafted mystery at its heart."
Starburst Magazine

It s a heady psychedelic mix, packed with literary allusions, which brilliantly explores notions of self-identity, personal awareness and how we fit into our own stories.
 The Guardian on The Body Library

Rich, inventive and recommended.
Sci-Fi Now on The Body Library

By writing a novel set in literature itself the author has created a new psychedelic meta-genre as well as a fantastic story that sticks in the mind long after the novel itself is read.
British Fantasy Society on The Body Library