A Trick I Learned from Dead Men

Kitty Aldridge was born in the Middle East but grew up in England. A graduate of the Drama Centre, London, she has since worked in theatre, film, and television as an actress and writer. Her first novel, Pop (Cape, 2001), was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2002 and shortlisted for the Pendleton May First Novel Award 2002. Her second novel, Cryers Hill, was published by Cape in 2007. Her short story, Arrivederci Les, won the Bridport Short Story Prize 2011 (Bridport Prize Anthology 2011).

"Both tragic yet somehow life-affirming, her novel holds you to the end" Sunday Times "A dark, but oddly funny novel... Sad, funny and very moving" Easy Living "A Trick I Learned From Dead Men is a wonderful book, written with a mixture of pathos and bleak humour that brings to mind classic television comedies such as The Office... Lee's narration seems beautifully true: it is stop-start, cliche ridden, and marked by that peculiarly British tendency to point out the stray cloud in an otherwise spotless sky" Financial Times "Pitch-perfect ... blackly funny, moving" Independent "Aldridge beautifully captures Lee's thought patterns... Her research is impeccable, and the quirky portrait of funeral home routine will appeal to fans of the TV series Six Feet Under" Daily Mail