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Perverted by Language
Fiction inspired by The Fall
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Book Details
- ISBN 9781852429294
- 28 June 2007
- 256pp
- Paperback
Contributors
Contributors
Steve Aylett,
Matt Beaumont,
Nicholas Blincoe,
Clare Dudman,
Richard Evans,
Michel Faber,
Niall Griffiths,
Andrew Holmes,
Mick Jackson,
Nick Johnstone,
Stewart Lee,
Kevin MacNeil,
Carlton Mellick III,
Rebbecca Ray,
Nicholas Royle,
Matthew David Scott,
Stav Sherez,
Nick Stone,
Matt Thorne,
Jeff VanderMeer,
Helen Walsh,
Peter Wild,
John Williams
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Synopsis
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
‘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
‘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
'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
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