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Thomas Burke (29 November 1886 – 22 September 1945) was a British author. He was born in Clapham Junction , London. His first successful publication was Limehouse Nights (1916), a collection of stories centred on life in the poverty-stricken Limehouse district of London.
Apr 18, 2019 · From a fight over homemade icicles to flying turkeys to the cultish Xuan Gong and a (non-hallucinegetic) mushroom bust, Thomas Burke effortlessly takes the transparent and makes it ‘dark and spiky.’
Thomas Burke has 211 books on Goodreads with 8790 ratings. Thomas Burke’s most popular book is Limehouse Nights.
About | Thomas Burke. Thomas Burke received a BA from Union College and an MFA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Eastbound into the Cosmos is his first novel. He has contributed work to Tin House, The Rumpus, Playboy, Hobart Pulp and St. Petersburg Review, among other places.
Anthology of original fiction, verse, song and art produced as a fund-raising project for the St. Mary’s Hospital for Women and Children. Contains fiction by André Maurois, J. L. Hudson, Burke, James Laver, Frank Swinnerton, John Brophy, Marjorie Bowen etc.
Enthralling and violent tales from the dark end of the street, Limehouse Nights is a remarkable collection of well-crafted short stories and vignettes that are inheritors of both naturalism and slum literature, but with a powerful twist of its own that allows it to overcome the not-too-subtle racist strain that runs right through its core ...
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Thomas Burke (29 November 1886 – 22 September 1945) was a British author. He was born in Clapham Junction, London. Quick Facts Born, Died ... Close. His first successful publication was Limehouse Nights (1916), a collection of stories centred on life in the poverty-stricken Limehouse district of London.
