Coake

No, Luke, not coke.

I've never heard of Christopher Coake because the Guardian hasn't written about him as yet, and neither has Will mentioned him to me.

That probably makes this the first truly original post on here about writers?

Anyway, he's excellent. His story 'That First Time' appears in the new Granta 'Best American Novelists' issue (this is number 2, last one was a decade ago, they lowered the age limit etc so these guys really are young) and it's the best thing in there in my opinion. It's got a late night, swollen, lyrical pathos to it and his voice is understated and very profound. One of those stories that's so vivid you can remember it in its entirety, and how many of those do you know?

Find Coake here