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J A N U A R Y 2 0 0 2 16th January We're sad to hear that artist Jim Leon, whose work is featured in our Pictures section, died this week after a long illness. Leon was born in Britain but had been resident in France for a number of years. As is noted on our Leon web page, although his intense work gained some attention in this country during the late '60s, he remains largely unknown and/or ignored here. We can hope now that some of the books in preparation featuring his work rectify this. Our condolences to his friends and family. Site updates New Book links New Cawthorn picture added Rare photo unearthed! M Moorcock, Jon Finch and Hawkwind on the film set of The Final Programme circa 1973. See here. |
O C T O B E R 2 0 0 1 The Killer in print THE KILLER by Colin Wilson Official publication date: 3rd February 2002 First completely unexpurgated and unabridged publication. With a new introduction by the author. Colin Wilson's novel THE KILLER remains the yardstick by which English 'serial killer' fiction should be measured. This is not another example of the whipped curr of detective fiction that currently prevails but is a work created in the shadow of Ian Bradyanother Northern boy gone badand still has the power of conviction to disturb. Wilson's central character, Arthur Lingard, exists at the extremes, caught between the reducing reality of life around him in Northern milltowns and the escape offered by the great pulp writers of imaginative fantasy (A Merritt, E R Burroughs, et cetera). A contemporary of JG Ballard's Crash, Wilson's masterpiece was written at breakneck speed in the late 1960s. Age has not dimmed its power, but rather increased it. The Killer makes for uncomfortable reading, both in its challenging of the boundaries of crime fiction and for the unsettling heat of its obsessive sexuality. Its only equal in this sphere is Derek Raymond's I Was Dora Suarez. Jacket design by John Coulthart. Download the first chapter: Chapter One (PDF file512k) |
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