Slow Death (High Risk Books)
A gang of socially ambitious skinheads run riot through the London art world, plotting the rebirth and violent demise of an elusive avant-garde art movement. Taking genre fiction for a ride, Slow Death uses obscenity, black humor and repetition for the sake of ironic deconstruction. The sleazy sex is always pornographic, and all traditional notions of literary taste and depth are ditched in favor of a transgressive aesthetic inspired by writers as diverse as Home, de Sade, Klaus Theweleit, and 70s cult writer Richard Allen.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1852425199
ISBN13:9781852425197
Release Date:May 1996
Publisher:Serpent's Tail
Length:296 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:8.0" x 0.7" x 5.0"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Strange Book.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
Revolting prose, rediculous subject matter, annoying as hell--THE BEST BOOK I HAVE READ IN YEARS! Or the worst.
sex and violence for beginners
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
Hilarious mix of art world satire and plagiarism of antique English porn and street punk fiction. Home realises that the leading characteristic of pulp fiction is repetition, and he just perfects the method, with highly amusing results. The book is populated with fictional versions of some of Home's own 'real-world' avant garde provocations, although with Home one is never sure what is original and what is a copy; what is 'real' and what is fiction.
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