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About the Author

Chris Cleave took a degree at Oxford and worked for The Daily Telegraph. He lives in Surrey with his wife and son.

Praise for Incendiary…

"A mesmerizing tour de force: ragged, breathless, full of raw emotion, the blackest of humor and relentless action." –The Washington Post Book World

"Rendered in genuinely heartfelt, heartbreaking terms. . . . [Cleave] depicts a city teetering on the edge of apocalypse." –The New York Times

“Searing. . . . Utterly believable and mesmerizing. . . . Incendiary works not only as a furiously taut evocation of grieving, unhinged mother love but as a sly political cautionary tale.” –Newsday

"Cleave's terrifying narrative makes one's pulse race with fear. . . . Sensitive, artful, and deft. . . . A near-perfect debut." –The Baltimore Sun

“[Incendiary] will break your heart and remind you how, in the face of the uncontrollable and the inexplicable, humor can allow one to survive.” –San Francisco Chronicle

“Cleave’s book resolutely lays bare the prejudices, hungers and dirty dealings that drive the world. . . . An unforgettable, incendiary voice for these perilous times.” –The Miami Herald

“Stunning. . . . A harrowing and sharply written account of urban panic and the hallucinatory effects of shock.”
—The Globe and Mail

“Read Incendiary. And I mean it. Read it. It is outrageous, infuriating, heartbreaking, terrifying and very, very important.”
—NOW Magazine

“Cleave’s narrator is one of the strongest, most convincing personalities to grace the pages of literature in years. . . [He] has achieved something magical, creating a character who lives on long after the last page has been read.”
—Winnipeg Free Press

“Hilariously sympathetic. . . . Cleave has achieved something rare: a black comedy about the war on terrorism and terrorism itself. [Incendiary] will break your heart and remind you how, in the face of the uncontrollable and the inexplicable, humor can allow one to survive.”
—San Francisco Chronicle

“So timely it stings.”
—The Independent (UK)

“A haunting work of art.”
—Newsweek