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Toxicology (Gollancz S.F.)
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Product Description
The new Beerlight novel . Beerlight is nightmare city of the future (albeit a future that may be only a week away) where violence is the new art form and artists are the only people with regular jobs. In a cartoon landscape, larger-than-life characters act out plots that would be rejected by Hollywood for being too over the top, yet which still carry a serious message about violence in society. This is satire at its most vicious and most pure. Jonathan Swift would understand Beerlight.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1891296 in Books
- Published on: 2001-09-06
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 144 pages
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
If Steve Aylett were any more English he'd be dead. His first novel for Phoenix House, SLAUGHTERMATIC, won rave reviews everywhere from the Edge magazine to the New York Times. He is 32 and lives in Brighton.
Customer Reviews
Toxicology
This anthology features 26 short stories, and is a great place to sample the mad world of Steve Aylett. From the story of a criminals who get too attached to their masks, to that of a man who tries to literally remove his stress by excising the offending brain matter only for it to grow into a rampaging monster, this is wild stuff. While the stories are very short they are incredibly dense with intricate wordplay and mind-bending imagery, while a strong sense of humour and a sharp satire at the expense of the police saturates the book. A heady read that can occasionally feel as though it's a little too intense, but as one of the characters within says: "Most books are so well written they barely have any effect on the reader's senses" - well, this one will leave your head spinning.
What's Up With That Description?
The description for this product is wrong it's a collection of stories not a novel.
All story collections tend to vary in quality from tale to tale. No exception here. Some are good whilst others are distinctly lacklustre. Aylett's writing is an acquired taste and if nothing else you can honestly say that nobody else writes like him.
