Michael Paraskos

Paraskos's first novel, ''In Search of Sixpence'', was described by the critic Paul Cudenec as an example of anarchist literature, with its "dizzying hall of mirrors, where reflected moments bounce around in a loop and end up staring each other in the face." This is an anarchist approach to literature, according to Cudenec, even if the subject matter might not seem overtly anarchist.Paul Cudenec, ''Anarchism, art, time and reality'' in Network 23, online publication, 16 December 2021, https://network23.org/paulcudenec/2015/12/16/anarchism-art-time-and-reality/

Paraskos's first novel, ''In Search of Sixpence'', was described by the critic Paul Cudenec as an example of anarchist literature, with its "dizzying hall of mirrors, where reflected moments bounce around in a loop and end up staring each other in the face." This is an anarchist approach to literature, according to Cudenec, even if the subject matter might not seem overtly anarchist.Paul Cudenec, ''Anarchism, art, time and reality'' in Network 23, online publication, 16 December 2021, https://network23.org/paulcudenec/2015/12/16/anarchism-art-time-and-reality/

==Fiction and non-fiction books==

Michael Paraskos is the author of a number of non-fiction books on art. These include ''Herbert Read: Art and Idealism'' (2014) in which he explores the ideas of the British anarchist art theorist [[Herbert Read]], and ''Four Essays on Art and Anarchism'' (2015), a collection of four lectures turned into essays. He has also written [[Monograph|monographs]] on the British artists [[Steve Whitehead]] (2007) and [[Clive Head]] (2010). He has edited books by and on Herbert Read and other subjects, and is the author of one work of fiction, ''In Search of Sixpence'' (2016). This book is a semi-fictionalised account of the life and death of Paraskos's father, Stass Paraskos, who died in 2014, but it is combined with a [[Chandleresque]] detective story and other elements. Real life figures appear in the book, including [[Ezra Pound]] and [[Mariella Frostrup]].{{cn|date=October 2025}}

His second novel, ''Barfrestone'', was published in February 2024.

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