Tom Crewe

Tom Crewe was born in Middlesbrough in 1989. He has a PhD in nineteenth century British history from the University of Cambridge. Since 2015 he has been an editor at the London Review of Books, to which he has contributed more than thirty essays on politics, art, history and fiction. The New Life, his first novel, was published in January. The book deftly recreates Victorian England in a stylish and richly-textured exploration of sex and social mores.

The New Life: A Daring Novel of Forbidden Desire [Book]

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The New Life by Tom Crewe, Hardcover

The New Life by Tom Crewe — mind-body complex

New condition, Hardcover. A brilliant and captivating debut, in the tradition of Alan Hollinghurst and Colm Tóibín, about two marriages, two forbidden love affairs, and the passionate search for social and sexual freedom in late 19th-century London. In this powerful, visceral novel about love, sex, and the struggle for a better world, two men collaborate on a book in defense of homosexuality, then a crime--risking their old lives in the process.

The New Life: A Novel [Book]

The New Life by Tom Crewe review: fighting for sexual freedom in the naughty 1890s

Shared secrets: The New Life, by Tom Crewe, reviewed

Tom Crewe - History of government

Tom Crewe: What scares me most in life is probably the Tory party and death, in that order