We like our writers to write, our film-makers to direct and our artists to make art. I tell July, as she is driven to the next stop on her promotional tour, that in the UK we’re not particularly good at congratulating people who excel at everything. The First Bad Man has already been garlanded with praise from Lena Dunham (“astounding”), AM Homes (“a book that must be read”) and Dave Eggers (“unforgettable”).
Until that point, she had been making a name for herself as a performance artist, crafting multimedia installations she referred to as “live movies” which she took to venues across the globe, including the ICA in London.Īfter the success of her first full-length feature film, July wrote a collection of short stories, No One Belongs Here More Than You, which promptly scooped the 2007 Frank O’Connor award and was described by the chair of the judges as “a book of original genius”.Īnd now, as if that weren’t enough to engender an existential groan of self-hatred among struggling writers and artists the world over, July has written a novel. But the 40-year-old July has a horror of being pigeonholed.
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