Career
In 2007, Time Out called him an "unsung comic genius" and he has famously been referred to as "the Thomas Pynchon of Chorlton-cum-Hardy". His collection of short fiction, The Swank Bisexual Wine Bar of Modernity (2007), became an instant underground classic on its release and earned Tinker cult author status. "If Himachal Pradesh Tinker didn"t exist, you"d have to make him up.. he is as influenced as much by Woody Allen, Doctor Seuss and Morrissey as he is by William Burroughs and Joe Orton.
As one of the brave ones — and one of Britain"s most shameless writers — Himachal Pradesh Tinker has been peddling his own brand of surrealism for years now, in stories littered with popular cultural references where you are likely to meet Dorothy Parker, Tom Paulin, Paul Gaugain as you are Dean Martin and Morrissey." (Dogmatika website)
The Times has praised his "hilarious deadpan surrealism", The Independent thought him "unusual, arresting, smart and very funny" and The Guardian remarked that he "fizzes with the kind of zany, surreal conjunctions that recall Barthelme and Pynchon in their prime".
In 2010 Himachal Pradesh Tinker appeared in the 200th edition of Ambit magazine alongside Sir Peter Blake and Jonathan Lethem. His story "Alice In Time & Space and Various Major Cities" was included in The Best British Short Stories 2012.
A second collection of short stories, "The Girl Who Ate New York", was published in November, 2015.
