Michael Perfect gained his PhD in 2011 from the University of
Cambridge, where he currently teaches. Among other projects, he is
in the process of turning his doctoral thesis into a monograph
entitled 'The Fiction of Multicultural London'. Michael has
published articles on the work of Monica Ali and on Andrea Levy, as
well as other pieces. His research and teaching interests include
contemporary fiction, colonial and postcolonial literatures in
English, literary theory, contemporary American fiction, the novel,
modernist and postmodernist literature and immigrant cultures. He
is a peer-reviewer for the Journal of Commonwealth Literature and a
member of the Postcolonial Studies Association. More information
about Michael's research is available at www.michaelperfect.com