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Thomas Burke (29 November 1886 – 22 September 1945) was a British author. He was born in Clapham Junction, London. His first successful publication was Limehouse Nights (1916), a collection of stories centred on life in the poverty-stricken Limehouse district of London. Many of Burke's books feature the Chinese character Quong Lee as narrator.
Apr 18, 2019 · Thomas Burke has fashioned a winning narrator in Everett: witty, self-deprecating, honest, and always searching the darkness for human wisdom. And you never know where you’ll find it.” Sam Lipsyte , author of Hark
Thomas Burke has 207 books on Goodreads with 8742 ratings. Thomas Burke’s most popular book is Limehouse Nights.
About. Thomas Burke received a BA from Union College and an MFA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Eastbound into the Cosmos is his first novel. He has contributed work to Tin House, The Rumpus, Playboy, Hobart Pulp and St. Petersburg Review, among other places.
His first successful publication was Limehouse Nights (1916), a collection of stories centered around life in the poverty-stricken Limehouse district of London. Many of Burke's books feature the Chinese character Quong Lee as narrator. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_B... ...more.
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Thomas Burke’s star rose and fell along with the cultural resonance of Limehouse. Throughout his life and despite subsequent successes in diverse genres, his books would carry the hook ‘by the author of Limehouse Nights’ .
Poetry. Introductions etc. Thomas Burke bibliography. This page is a complete bibliography of the English author Thomas Burke . Fiction. Limehouse Nights. London: Grant Richards, 1916. Reprinted by Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1969. Twinkletoes: a Tale of Limehouse. New York: Robert M. McBride, 1918.
