Tom's Version

Tom’s Version is a lament for the sixties and then a mad race towards old age and death.

'there is much fun to be had in these pages.. and the novel ends with a deftly executed twist of perspective... It is a book haunted by many earlier writers but it is Irwin's own antic voice which proves to be the most memorable element.'

JS Barnes in The Literary Review

'Tom’s Version, his 10th novel, talks of edgy things – from abusive relationships to narcotics and sexual power games – but with a jovial, almost cosy air that suggests this is all now second nature for the 77-year-old author...

Tom’s Version is in many ways a book about books, with all the erudite insularity that entails. For all its esoteric trappings, there’s nothing especially high-minded about this energetic romp at its core, which I mean in a good way.'

Noel Gardner in Buzz Magazine