Richard Guest (born 14 August 1967) is an

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and

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author. Educated at the

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1986–1990, he began his writing career with two

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s, ''The Swiss Admiral's Trousers'' (1986) and ''The

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'' (1987) which were staged at the Slade School of Fine Art and the

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respectively. Published works include ''Americancola²''

''A Lemming Named Desire'', ''Stephen Milliner's Beautiful Rockery'', and ''Minestrone''. He was also co-owner, and publisher with Roy Marchant of RMG Books (1990–1998), a small press which published

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and

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including ''Nature Poetry'', and ''Adventures in the West'' by Christopher Twigg and ''Play'' by Andrew Bick

References

* ''The Independent'', Saturday, 3 May 1997

External links

Richard Guest, www.pulp.net
*As a participant in the

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performance piece, ''Broadcast'

1967 births Living people Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art English short story writers {{england-writer-stub