magazine ShortList since 2007, and his past books include Join Me and Yes Man, which was made into a feature film starring Jim Carrey.Wallace's novel Charlotte Street was the third bestselling debut novel of 2012 in the U.K.
One of his six favorite books, as told to the Daily Express:
LORD OF THE FLIES by William GoldingRead about another novel on Wallace's list.
Such a fast read, such a great story… it's a classic, obviously. However, I bet there are people who won't read it because they think it's just a black and white film about kids stranded on an island. Golding created something very exciting here that tells us exactly who we are.
Lord of the Flies is on Gemma Malley's top ten list of dystopian novels for teenagers, AbeBooks' list of 20 books of shattered childhoods and is one of the top ten works of literature according to Stephen King. It appears on John Mullan's lists of ten of the best pigs in literature, ten of the best pairs of glasses in literature, and ten of the best horrid children in literature, Katharine Quarmby's top ten list of disability stories, and William Skidelsky's list of ten of the best accounts of being marooned in literature. It is a book that made a difference to Isla Fisher and is one of Suzi Quatro's six best books.
--Marshal Zeringue
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