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Nigel Marlin Balchin (3 December 1908 – 17 May 1970) was an English psychologist and author, particularly known for his novels written during and immediately after World War II: Darkness Falls from the Air, The Small Back Room and Mine Own Executioner.
May 13, 2024 · Nigel Balchin was an English novelist who achieved great popularity with novels of men at work. After studying natural science at the University of Cambridge, Balchin divided his time between research work in science and industry (as an industrial psychologist) and writing.
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Trained originally as an industrial psychologist, in which capacity he helped Rowntree’s to successfully launch Black Magic chocolates in 1933, Nigel Balchin first received critical acclaim as a novelist during the Second World War when he wrote Darkness Falls From the Air.
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The Latest Reissued Novel. Nigel Balchin’s superb 1945 novel Mine Own Executioner, which is about the trials and tribulations of a psychoanalyst, was republished in September 2023 as book number 5 in the Nigel Balchin Collection, a major reissue series of Balchin’s fiction. Felix Milne is a London psychoanalyst.
The Only Biography of Nigel Balchin: Praise for His Own Executioner: ‘First-rate biography’ – David Collard, The Literary Review. ‘Collett paints a convincing picture’ – D.J. Taylor, The Times Literary Supplement. ‘Eminently readable’ – George Thomas, Quadrant.
Nigel Balchin died three days later, at the age of just sixty-one. He was survived by his wife Yovanka, together with three children from his first marriage and two from his second. So why should anyone still read Balchin?
Nigel Balchin has 42 books on Goodreads with 1971 ratings. Nigel Balchin’s most popular book is The Small Back Room.
