John L. Williams

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The cover of hardback book “Heatwave” by John L Williams

Really looking forward to reading this today, seems appropriate given the weather!
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I'm pretty sure Goines didn't write all those posthumous books. It's just implausible and they read differently. But Nazel is just a guess, based on my sense of his style and his close involvement with the publishers... Will have to get that book - looks great.

An Appreciation: Joseph Gober Nazel Jr. (1944-2006) Joseph Nazel kept a pistol tucked in his desk, but he seldom showed it.

Just found a fascinating obituary of Nazel here - www.latimes.com/archives/la-...

Blimey. Is that a Holloway House? I've long suspected that Joe Nazel may have written the stream of posthumous Donald Goines novels ..

This is a good one. Am smug to say I smelt a rat straight away when sent it for review way back when...
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You can hear me talking to Travis Elborough about the heatwave summer of 1976 here
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The Summer of 1976 Podcast Episode · Radio Sohemia · 06/07/2025 · 50m

A brilliant discussion of the 1976 heatwave, between Travis Elborough and author John L. Williams.

Full of both funny and deeply disturbing detail.

Here's some - bonus pulp fiction above!

Heatwave news from June 1976

Not from Exeter are you?

C'mon!

Thank you!

32 years ago today, Charlotte Greig did this fine piece on Moe Tucker in the Guardian (1 June 1993).
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Great - Thomas Wortche too?

Is she still in Berlin?

Thanks Jo!

Really enjoyed this interview

I really liked Room To Swing a long time ago

Thank you Faber & Faber for sending me this on, um, May 29. Never too early!

Not to one up you but ended up sleeping on floor of Paddington waiting for first morning train!

Always forget Graham Parker played. Ditto Joan Armatrading. Surely the least atmospheric setting in history.

Hey! Heatwave is book of the week in the Times!

Bought a copy last week!

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HEATWAVE: The Summer of 1976 – Britain at Boiling Point by John L. Williams is out today with Octopus.

'Scorching, seething and scintillating, Heatwave conjures a slow-burning collage of a country on the brink. ' - Simon Garfield

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Cheers Barry!

Thank you Robin Askwith for the kind words re Heatwave!

New book is out today. Heatwave: The Summer of 1976. Britain at boiling point. Captured here in the wild.
'An absolute joy' said @petepaphides.bsky.social very kindly. Also available in non- chain bookshops!

New book out next week. Will be talking to Travis Elborough in the excellent Bookseller Crow on June 5. Come on down South London folks! @booksellercrow.bsky.social @andrewmale.bsky.social @martinmillar1.bsky.social

Really enjoyed the Larry Beinhart at the time. Liked the Robert Campbell, but suspect it may not stand up now. The Tears of Autumn is great, and the other McCarry is the only one I haven't read.