Kilworthy Tanner

Jean Marc Ah-Sen

Kilworthy Tanner is one entertaining novel.” -Brian Bethune, Toronto Star

"Although self-described as a "pseudobiography," Kilworthy Tanner more closely resembles a Künstlerroman, a novel about the formation of a young artist. Equally is it a comedy of manners, a work of hyper-aestheticized social realism for underemployed, over-titillated literary types. At the height of his stylistic powers, Ah-Sen evokes the lurid, laugh-aloud creative genius of the Earl of Rochester, if that debauched nobleman had penned the screenplay to Scott Pilgrim vs. the World." – Ronny Litvack-Katzman, Montreal Review of Books

“Being in a relationship should be like biting into a cream tart—or so says Jonno, the young narrator of this intoxicating ‘biography’ of a CanLit superstar. Unfortunately for Jonno, relationships are more like a pie to the face. Exploring the blood sport of love and literature, Kilworthy Tanner totally kills. A cheeky, wow-inspiring novel by a master stylist.” -Neil Smith, author of Boo and Jones