Sep 27 - New Gibraltarian Novel Features ‘Strong Sense of Gibraltarian Identity’
Gibraltarian author M.G. Sanchez has just released a new novel about Gibraltar. Entitled The Escape Artist: A Gibraltarian novel, it is set in the decade between 1970 and 1980 and features a plot that alternates between Cambridge, Venice and Gibraltar. Professor John A. Stotesbury, adjunct Professor in Postcolonial Literatures from the University of Oulu, has already described the book as “fascinating and highly readable,” while Dr Esterino Adami, an English Literature Professor from the University of Turin, has praised how in the book M. G. Sanchez “brings to the fore a strong sense of Gibraltarian identity.”
Speaking about the book, the author stated that his main aim was to write an entertaining and readable novel that also explored both the matter of Gibraltarian identity and our frequently troublesome relationship with Spain. He says that there are parts of the novel which are “very apt” considering what has been happening in recent times.
The Escape Artist: A Gibraltarian Novel has been published by Rock Scorpion Books and is 280 pages in length. It can be purchased from Amazon.co.uk as either a kindle ebook (£1.94) or a paperback (£8.99). More information on the book and M. G. Sanchez’s writings can also be found on the author’s facebook page: www.facebook.com/mgsanchezgibraltar
