HP Tinker

HP Tinker
Born	1969 Southport
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	British
Period	2004–present
Notable works	The Swank Bisexual Wine Bar of Modernity The Girl Who Ate New York

The Swank Bisexual Wine Bar of Modernity

HP Tinker (born 24 May 1969) is a Manchester-based short story writer of comic avant garde fiction. In 2007, Time Out called him an "unsung comic genius" and he has been referred to as "the Thomas Pynchon of Chorlton-cum-Hardy".

Initially championed by Martin Bax at Ambit, novelist Nicholas Royle and 3:AM Magazine's Andrew Gallix, he was considered a central member of the short-lived Offbeat generation

His collection of short fiction, The Swank Bisexual Wine Bar of Modernity (2007), became an instant underground classic on its release and earned Tinker cult author status. "If HP Tinker didn't exist, you'd have to make him up... he is as influenced as much by Woody Allen, Dr Seuss and Morrissey as he is by William Burroughs and Joe Orton. As one of the brave ones — and one of Britain's most shameless writers — HP Tinker has been peddling his own brand of surrealism for years now, in stories littered with pop cultural references where you are likely to meet Dorothy Parker, Tom Paulin, Paul Gauguin as you are Dean Martin and Morrissey." (Dogmatika website)[2]

The Times has praised his "hilarious deadpan surrealism", The Independent thought him "unusual, arresting, smart and very funny" and The Guardian remarked that he "fizzes with the kind of zany, surreal conjunctions that recall Barthelme and Pynchon in their prime."

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