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Christopher Nicholson

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London, The United Kingdom

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Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir

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Christopher Nicholson was born in London in 1956. He read English at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and lives in south-west England.

His first novel, THE FATTEST MAN IN AMERICA, was published in 2005. THE ELEPHANT KEEPER, which followed in 2009, was shortlisted for the Costa Best Novel award and for the Encore Award. His third novel, WINTER, about the life of the elderly Thomas Hardy, was published in January 2014.

His first non-fiction book, AMONG THE SUMMER SNOWS, a meditation on the great, enigmatic snow-beds that survive each summer in the Scottish mountains, was published in June 2017.

He was married to the artist Catharine Nicholson, who died in 2011, and has two children, a son and a daughter.

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	The Elephant Keeper 3.50 avg rating — 3,670 ratings — published 2008 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“They are called Elephants and they are very noble and wise creatures, who come from far away across the sea.”
― Christopher Nicholson, The Elephant Keeper: A Novel

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“I would like to say it was now that I succeeded in teaching her to sweep the yard. But, in truth, I did not teach her; she taught herself, picking up the broom one morning after I had put it down, and swishing it to and fro. I praised her loudly, and gave her a tid-bit, and this encouraged her into further sweeping, and she soon became an excellent sweeper, though her enthusiasm sometimes made her sweep too vigorously. On one occasion she broke the broom handle, which puzzled her greatly; after staring at the two pieces she attempted to fit them together and, when she failed to do so, seemed quite dejected. To teach her to sweep slowly, and gently, using the broom like a feather, took more than two weeks. When Timothy returned from the Ooze, he watched her at work, and deciding to copy her, just as she had copied me, grabbed the broom from her grasp; however, he did not understand the reason for sweeping, and made violent sweeps in the air. Jenny was upset at losing the broom, and attempted its recovery, and a short tussel ensued, which came to an end when I ordered them to give me the broom. The matter was resolved when I provided each of the Elephants with a broom; thereafter, each morning, they would sweep the yard in consort, raising a storm of dust.”
― Christopher Nicholson, The Elephant Keeper: A Novel

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“The matter was resolved when I provided each of the Elephants with a broom; thereafter, each morning, they would sweep the yard in consort, raising a storm of dust.”
― Christopher Nicholson, The Elephant Keeper: A Novel

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