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The Dice Cup
The Dice Cup
Dec 4, 2025 6:55 AM

Author:John Fuller

The Dice Cup

‘In the dice cup, then, life becomes not a design but a wager; not an adventure but a game…’

Brimming with brio and brilliance, John Fuller’s latest collection comprises exquisite philosophical arguments, dream visions, aphorisms, precise portraits, colourful fables and tableaux of life. But here too lie shadows: in departures and deteriorations, in a life balanced delicately between the known and the unknown.

Taken together, The Dice Cup unfolds like a Chinese box of observations; wit, humour, pathos and playfulness entwine to thrilling and thought-provoking effect. It is a late, great work from one of our finest poets.

Reviews

John Fuller has achieved a melding of form and content as profound and…as original as any in The Dice Cup, with a poise and beauty that prose…cannot conjure

—— William Wootten , The Times Literary Supplement

One of England's greatest poets

—— Daily Telegraph

She is not only a romantic but an anarchist, and she knows the ways of men and women very well indeed

—— Anita Brookner

Kennedy was immensely popular in her heyday

—— Washington Post

A powerful and often moving novel, bleak and atmospheric

—— Mandy Jenkinson , Nudge

Her essays are delightful in the way that serious play is delightful. She is enjoying herself, and reading her gives me that leaping sense of being in excellent company

—— Jeanette Winterson , The Times

Stimulating and genuinely thought-provoking collection of pieces.

—— The Herald

Pacy and thought provoking.

—— Rebecca Kershaw , Nudge

Walker’s amusing first novel follows the quirky and engaging family on their lives away from home over 30 years…an enjoyable romp.

—— Daily Mail

[A] deliciously funny novel…Walker’s clever observations on materialism, parenting, love, friendship and even internet dating are piercingly accurate, but served up with a generous dollop of humour…Fluidly written, with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments, this debut from Walker is guaranteed to leave readers wanting more.

—— Press Association syndicated review

[A] witty, shrewd family saga … Mercilessly well-observed.

—— Saga magazine

A corker of a debut.

—— Valerie Grove , Standpoint

Completion is Tim Walker’s first novel, and a pleasing one at that, with strong characterisation and astute observations

—— The Tablet

Tim Walker's entertaining first novel gets to grips with our property obsessed times.

—— Independent
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