Bright Young Things

[poliphilo]

 I've just read an article by Alan Hollinghurst in which he admits to being 70. And there I was I thinking of him as one of the literary world's bright young things. It took me a little aback.

Not a bright young thing at all but a literary lion nearing the end of his career- a member of my own generation. 

So who are the bright young things? 

I run through the contemporary writers I've read and like- or at least have read about and think I might like- and almost all of them are clocking on a bit (I can think of one exception.) This also takes me aback.

Do bright young things still publish novels or are they all working in television?

Or am I just hopelessly out of touch?

Comments

[poliphilo]

I haven't read Rooney. I looked her up on wikipedia. Not sure she'd be my cup of tea.

Hardinge sounds like fun....

[shewhomust]

I read Rooney's first (I think) novel, and decided she wasn't my cup of tea either. But I make no claim to be bright or young, so this probably just demonstrates that.