Tod Wodicka
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Tod Wodicka is an American author residing in Berlin
. He graduated from the University of Manchester in the UK. His first novel, All Shall Be Well; And All Shall Be Well; And All Manner of Things Shall Be Well was published in the UK and the Netherlands in December 2007, in the United States in January 2008, and has been translated into German, Spanish and Romanian. The novel received a warm reception in the British and American press and was short-listed for the 2008 Believer Book Award
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All Shall Be Well tells the story of Burt Hecker, a medieval re-enactor from upstate New York who travels to Prague
to find his estranged son Tristan. The book is a darkly comic story about Burt's oddball devotion to another time and his doomed attempts at coming to terms with his own history.
Tod Wodicka is currently at work on his second novel, The Household Spirit, for Pantheon (US) and Jonathan Cape (UK).
Interviews
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Berlin
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. He graduated from the University of Manchester in the UK. His first novel, All Shall Be Well; And All Shall Be Well; And All Manner of Things Shall Be Well was published in the UK and the Netherlands in December 2007, in the United States in January 2008, and has been translated into German, Spanish and Romanian. The novel received a warm reception in the British and American press and was short-listed for the 2008 Believer Book Award
Believer Book Award
Believer Book Award is an American literary award presented yearly by The Believer magazine to novels and story collections the magazine's editors thought were the "strongest and most under-appreciated" of the year. A shortlist and longlist are announced, along with reader's favorites, then a final...
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All Shall Be Well tells the story of Burt Hecker, a medieval re-enactor from upstate New York who travels to Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
to find his estranged son Tristan. The book is a darkly comic story about Burt's oddball devotion to another time and his doomed attempts at coming to terms with his own history.
Tod Wodicka is currently at work on his second novel, The Household Spirit, for Pantheon (US) and Jonathan Cape (UK).
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Articles (on Phillip Roth's Zuckerman novels) (on discovering his father's homosexuality) (on his relationship with his young son)Interviews
Reviews