Petit Mal

Author: D. B. C. Pierre

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  • : 35.00 NZD
  • : 9780571298389
  • : Faber & Faber, Limited
  • : Faber & Faber, Limited
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  • : 0.414
  • : November 2013
  • : 198mm X 126mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 29.99
  • : December 2013
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  • : D. B. C. Pierre
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  • : Hardback
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  • : English
  • : 823.92
  • : General Adult
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  • : 208
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Barcode 9780571298389
9780571298389

Description

"If rape or arson, poison or the knife has wove no pleasing patterns in the stuff of this drab canvas we accept as life - It is because we are not bold enough!" (Charles Baudelaire). If you are familiar with the explosive End Times Trilogy (Vernon God Little, Ludmila's Broken English, Lights Out in Wonderland) by DBC Pierre, you will be well-acclimatised to the heady heights traversed in this collection. Drawing on memoir and a life lived in pursuit of sensation, but always ignited by the flame of fiction, Petit Mallegories take us further into the imagination of one of the most radically original prose stylists of the past decade. Accompanied by dozens of illustrations and photographic 'evidence', the stories here inhabit worlds defined by appetite, excess and transcendence. Whether through food, drink, sex, drugs, or a fantastic cocktail of all four, the impulse in this book is towards epiphany. And the inevitable hangover that follows. But even that (or those) in the world of DBC Pierre can be nourishing.

Promotion info

The debut collection of short fictions, philosophical vignettes, and aphoristic interludes from the Man Booker Prize winning author of Vernon God Little.

Reviews

Like everything DBC Pierre puts on paper, this will not be everyone’s cup of tea. This is a little collection of chaos, detailing a life lived in excess. A melding of memoir and fiction (although it is often hard to distinguish one from the other!) ‘Petit Mal’ is a search for transcendental meaning through the excessive, abusive consumption of food, drink, sex and drugs amongst other things. It is almost an assault on all 5 senses. Nevertheless, Pierre proves himself to be one of the most stylistically radical writers of our time. - Nadishka, The Book Grocer

Author description

DBC Pierre won the Man Booker Prize and Whitbread First Novel Award for his debut, Vernon God Little. He lives in County Leitrim, Ireland.