Mystery in Spiderville - Softcover

Williams, John Hartley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 022406214X ISBN 13: 9780224062145

Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

This is no run-of-the-mill hard-boiled thriller. The decor is by Dali the plot is a mixture of Breton and Burroughs, and the main character has six toes, sleeps in a grave and dreams of the pert and playful Reedy Buttons. A surrealist film-noir that blends forensic with erotic, and the seedy penny-dreadful with the lyric prose-poem.

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Review:

"Surrealist film noir that blends the forensic with the erotic" (Laura Wilson)

"If there's been something missing in your life ever since William Burroughs went to the great needle exchange in the sky, then perhaps John Hartley Williams is the author for you" (Sunday Herald)

"Nodding as much to William Burroughs as to Raymond Chandler" (Scotsman)

"Probably the first crime novel to ally forensic procedures with lyrical poetry" (Guardian)

"This is the evil twin of the novel: a form locked in the literary basement that deserves to see the light of day" (The Times)

Book Description:

'A fascinating debut which combines madcap surrealism, film-noir and eroticism' - Guardian

About this edition

• Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 022406214X
• ISBN 13: 9780224062145
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192