Welcome to the official website of writer Matthew Parker
Praise for One Fine Day
A Book of the Year in the Times, Spectator, Irish Times, Sunday Times, History Today and New Zealand Herald
‘Marvellous … escapes the inane, balance-sheet view of Empire and sees it in its full complexity’
Sathnam Sanghera
‘A compelling read … excellent’
Observer
‘Brilliant…extraordinary… a book for serious people who can handle difficult moral contradictions’
Telegraph
About the author
Matthew was born in El Salvador to an English expatriate family and spent part of his childhood in the West Indies. He now lives in the rather untropical East End of London with his family and annoying dog.