Featuring a broad range of contemporary British novelists from Iain Banks to Jeanette Winterson, Louis de Bernieres to Irvine Welsh and Salman Rushdie, this book offers an excellent introductory guide to the modern literary scene. Each entry contains both concise biographical information on each novelist and analysis of their key works. Fully cross-referenced and containing guides to further reading, "Fifty Contemporary British Novelists" is the ideal guide to modern British fiction for the student and the general reader alike.