Bestial pornographic movies and aniseed addiction; hallucinogenic mushrooms and incest; a homosexual crime passionnel. As you would expect from Jonathan Meades, his disturbing collection of short stories introduces us to characters who lurk and linger around the back alleys of the mind.
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Jonathan Meades is the author of Filthy English, Peter Knows What Dick Likes, Pompey and, most recently, The Fowler Family Business. He has written and performed in some twenty-five TV films on such subjects as the utopian avoidance of right angles, vertigo's lure, beer and Birmingham's appeal. He was, for many years, restaurant critic for The Times.
'One of the funniest and truest writers we have. No one understands England better than Meades.'Stephen Fry* Praise for The Fowler Family Business'Jonathan Coe meets Edgar Allen Poe.'Esquire'By the end I was appalled by the extent of my own admiration for this nastily comic tale. This comedy is not so much black as draped in sackcloth and ashes.'Bel Mooney, The Times'Indecently funny. Few novels are as lively as this.'Christopher Bray, Mail on Sunday
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Book Condition, As New: An unread, unused book in close to perfect condition. Pristine dust jacket, sharp edges, cover artwork bright vibrant, popping with colour. Original hardcover binding with gilt lettering remains in mint condition. Clean text block with crisp page edges. Pages are tightly bound, clean and tidy throughout, never thumbed or opened. First edition, first printing, published by Jonathan Cape. A key collection from one of Britain's most distinctive contemporary essayists and cultural commentators. Meades' work, known for its intellectual sharpness and stylistic flair, has earned a dedicated readership. First printings of his major essay collections are increasingly sought after. As a characteristically provocative and wide-ranging volume, this edition holds strong appeal for collectors of modern British non-fiction and literary journalism. In Filthy English, Jonathan Meades turns his incisive eye on the peculiarities, hypocrisies, and cultural habits of England. Blending erudition with biting wit, he explores architecture, politics, taste, and national identity in essays that are as entertaining as they are intellectually bracing. The result is a bold and often mischievous examination of Englishness from one of its most original critics. Seller Inventory # 3148 RM SE
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