Catacombs of Terror - Softcover

Donwood, Stanley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 191008915X ISBN 13: 9781910089156

Publisher: Scratter & Pomace, 2015

Synopsis

Following the discovery of the lost manuscript, Catacombs of Terror by Radiohead artist Stanley Donwood is being published by the Scratter & Pomace imprint of Tangent Books. Catacombs of Terror was written by Donwood for a £5 bet that he could write a 50,000-word pulp fiction novel in 30 days. Donwood won the bet and a limited-edition of 1,000 books was published by Hedonist in 2002. Donwood then updated the story with hand-written notes, but the manuscript was thought lost until it came into the possession of Tangent Books. Catacombs of Terror is set in Donwood’s home town of Bath. It’s a pulp-fiction novel starring private eye Martin Valpolicella who is drawn into a dark underworld of subterranean terror involving drugs, guns and pigs.

About this title

About the Author:

Stanley Donwood is Radiohead's long-time artist in residence. Donwood produced the cover art for Radiohead's 1994 single My Iron Lung, beginning a working relationship that has continued for all Radiohead's art and promotional material, as well as for Tom Yorke's solo albums and work with Atoms For Peace. In 2002 Donwood and Thom Yorke won a Grammy for Best Recording Package for the Special Edition of Amnesiac. Donwood is also a talented author. He has published two collections of very short stories with Tangent (Slowly Downward and Household Worms) and in 2014 Faber & Faber published his collection Humor.

Review:

"Wonderfully wacky fiction.... Donwood is a nimble and impish writer, taking his story to the edge of absurdity...but never letting it slip away completely. There's an element of real danger here, lurking beneath the wordplay and quirky dialogue, and there's also a rather touching--if wickedly convoluted--love story. Just a whole lot of fun." --Booklist

"This irresistible mash-up of noir and gothic horror from Donwood (Household Worms) defines the term 'cult classic.' This is a wild, shambolic ride, but its central idea--of a dark world just underneath our own--is as noir as it gets." --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Scratter & Pomace
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 191008915X
• ISBN 13: 9781910089156
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Jones Richard