A Gothic Horror novel about severe mental distress and punk rock. The novel is written in the form of a diary kept by a psychiatrist, Dr. Rodney H. Dweller, concerning his patient, Nathaniel Snoxell, brought to him in 1979 because of several attempted suicides. Snoxell gets involved in the nascent UK anarcho-punk scene, recording EPs and playing gigs in squatted Anarchy Centers. In 1985, the good doctor himself āgoes insaneā and disappears.
This semi-autobiographical novel from Rudimentary Peni singer, guitarist, lyricist, and illustrator Nick Blinko, plunges into the worlds of madness, suicide, and anarchist punk. Lovecraft meets Crass in the squats and psychiatric institutions of early ā80s England. This new edition collects Blinko's long sought after artwork from the three previous incarnations.
āDense, haunted, shot through with black humour.ā ā Raw Vision
āNick Blinko is a madman. Thatās not intended as pejorative opinion but rather a statement of plain fact.ā ā Maximum RocknRoll
āFascinating and compelling.ā ā Kerrang
Nick Blinko was born in 1961. His band, Rudimentary Peni, whose records include Death Church, Cacophony, and Pope Adrian 37th, enjoy international acclaim in punk and avant-garde circles. A legendary figure in the āoutsider artā scene, his paintings are exhibited across the world. He continues to write, paint, and make music in Black Langley, Hertfordshire, UK.
128 page black and white paperback
PM Press, new edition - 2011
