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  • Bibliography:
    4 Books
  • First Book:
    May 1998
  • Latest Book:
    April 2015
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Book List in Order: 4 titles



  • Who is the boy? And whose body lies beneath a sheet of blue tarpaulin in the basement of a derelict brewery? The discovery of a chilling diary sends Sean Hennessy, once a foster father to the boy, on a desperate search to unlock the secrets of his tr...



  • Identity, friendship, and a long-hidden crime lie at the heart of Naeem Murr's captivating novel about five friends growing up in a small 1950s Missouri river town. A contender for the Man Booker Prize, this exhilarating story beautifully evokes the ...



  • Albert Butler once wished to be an artist, but scandal destroyed his life. Now old and sick, he takes us back through his troubled childhood, England’s Blitz, and two passionate affairs. Returning to his former London haunts, he confronts old fri...



  • Daniel is a social worker in his thirties, raised in a council-flat in south London by a single-mother, he has never known his father, nor even his identity. His wife is in a psychiatric hospital, following a break-down, when a case of benefit fraud ...




Award-Winning Books by Naeem Murr

The Boy
1998 Lambda Literary Award -- Editor's Choice
The Perfect Man
2008 PEN Literary Award -- Open Book


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Naeem Murr has published 4 books.

Naeem Murr does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Genius of the Sea, was published in April 2015.

The first book by Naeem Murr, The Boy, was published in May 1998.

No. Naeem Murr does not write books in series.