Gigi Giannuzzi

I just heard the news that Gigi Giannuzzi, the founder of Trolley Books, died last month. Very sad to hear.

I had the pleasure of meeting up with him on two or three occasions. I pitched a book project to him once. He never went for it - I suspect because my work is insufficiently grim and serious for his particular artistic tastes - but he himself was unflaggingly cheerful and enthusiastic. The last time I saw him was the middle of last year. I’d just wandered into his new gallery space on Riding House Street in London. “Come in! Have a look downstairs!”

A big loss to publishing.