Perverted by Language
Published on 28. June 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-85242-929-4 (ISBN)
Description
Mechanical ducks, shark women that taste of liquorice, perverted sexual shenanigans in cramped office spaces, double-crossing Nazi apologists, bald-headed cultural subversives and celebrity deer-culling ? this is just a glimpse into the wonderful and frightening world of Perverted by Language. Twenty-three writers choose a song by The Fall and use it as inspiration for a short story. Kicking off with Niall Griffiths? scalding take on the 1978 single, ?Bingo Master?s Break-out?, the book culminates with Rebbecca Ray?s devilishly saucy take on ?I Can Hear The Grass Grow?.
Reviews / Votes
The best stories are laterally-minded flights of fancy... they nudge at the secrets contained in hidden worlds and parallel universes. It's this precise restraint that tantalises * Herald * Writers known and less so who've each managed to bring some fresh hell to MES's already weird and frightening world... a triumph -- Stuart Maconie * Word Magazine * Excellent * Independent on Sunday * Defiantly uncompromising... successfully evokes the spirit of The Fall * Daily Telegraph * Innovative and imaginative * Time Out * A witty, dark and often surreal anthology that's as enjoyably anarchic as Smith himself * Metro *More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Profile Books Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
245 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85242-929-4 (9781852429294)
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Persons
Peter Wild comes from a music journalism background. He is editing a collection of fiction based on the songs of The Fall called Perverted by Language, which will be published by Serpent's Tail in June 2007. Peter is the co-founder of www.bookmunch.co.uk. His writing and fiction have appeared in Noo Journal, Word Riot, The Big Issue, Nude magazine, Alt Sounds, City Life, 3AM magazine and Eyeballkid. He lives in Stockport.