‘Sinclair matches his brisk and original intelligence with an abundant yet sharply controlled prose that makes The Lady with the Laptop a hugely enjoyable and stimulating collection’ Nicholas Wroe, Independent ‘His natural irony is a consistently benevolent force, undermining prejudice, cultural division and paranoia . . . The Lady with the Laptop confirms him as a great observer of both the Jewish diaspora and the instability of any cultural identity’ Ra Page, Guardian ‘Sinclair is great fun, a canny court jester juggling big issues of life, death and cultural chaos, to the tune of a belly laugh’ Angela Neustatter, Literary Review ‘As the title suggests, there is a Chekovian theme running through the stories. They are laced with a wonderful black irony, but they are also very poignant’ Shena Mackay, Scotland on Sunday , Books of the Year ‘This outstanding collection should consolidate Clive Sinclair’s reputation as one of the most inventive writers working in the form today’ Elizabeth Lowry, Times Literary Supplement

CONTRAPPASSO is an independent biannual magazine of international writing published in Sydney, Australia.Issue 2 contains Anthony May's never-before-published 65-page interview with the legendary Elmore Leonard; 'STR82ANL', a new novella by British writer Clive Sinclair (accompanied by a career-spanning interview by editor Matthew Asprey); a narrative by film writer David Thomson; fiction by Mimi Lipson and John Salazar; a memoir by Paul Pax Andrews; an essay by Peter Doyle; and poetry by Antigone Kefala, Chris Andrews, Tessa Lunney, Erin Martine Sessions, Mark Tredinnick, Daniel East, Mark O'Connor, Paolo Totaro, Chris Oakey, Elias Greig, Luke Whitington, Paolo Fabrizio Iacuzzi, and Floyd Salas.