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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.
Apr 18, 2019 · “Thomas Burke’s splendid new novel is at once a darkly comic international caper and a remarkable investigation of grief and spiritual longing. In these pages you’ll encounter a delightfully loathsome guru, a recently deceased father, a persecuted cult-like sect, and a profoundly misguided mushroom-selling venture.
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.
Thomas Burke has 207 books on Goodreads with 8729 ratings. Thomas Burke’s most popular book is Limehouse Nights.
Fiction. Non-fiction. 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.
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.
Thomas Burke was born in Clapham, London in 1886. His father died when he was very young, and at the age of ten he was removed to a home for middle-class boys who were “respectably descended but without adequate means to their support.”
