Echoes of Ester Author:Richard Sheridan This novel about jet-set low life is from the author of "End of '77" (Chatto, 1986) whom reviewers have compared with Amis, Kerouac and Jay McInerney. The novel begins with the death of a rockstar, Ester, from a heroin overdose, and the story subsequently revolves around those he leaves behind; his widow, his daughter and his biographer, who was... more » the last person to see Ester alive. Strange things happen to the biographer's wife and the story builds up to an unexpectedly violent denouement. The author is twenty-five. Born and brought up in London, he is the son of the novelist, Paddy Kitchen and the artist, Frank Bowling. He has worked as a drummer with seventies' band, The Lurkers and as a song writer and record producer.« less