Cult author David Keenan's most mature, magical and profoundly realised novel yet, centred on a young boy in Glasgow'A challenging, unconventional and daring piece of fiction 'THE INDEPENDENT'Blending emotional sincerity with pulpy pastiche'THE SUNDAY TIMES'Psychedelic post-punk fantasia'THE HERALD'A swaggeringly imaginative, polyphonic novel' THE SCOTSMAN...

Volcanic Tongue presents the first ever collection of multi-award-winning author David Keenan's music writings'A thing of beauty' DAVID HOLMES'A celebration of obsessives, misfits and single-minded outsider' HERALD'A colossal triumph' WENDY ERSKINEKeenan has been writing about music since publishing his first fanzine, inspired by The Pastels and by Glasgow (and Airdrie's) DIY...

A transcendent love letter to literature and music, Xstabeth is an exciting new work from a writer who, book-by-book, is rewriting the rules of contemporary fiction.Aneliya's father dreams of becoming a great musician but his naivete and his unfashionable music suggest he will never be taken seriously. Her father's best friend, on the other hand, has a penchant for vodka, strip clubs, and moral philosophy. Aneliya is tor...

David Keenan's cult classic novel, available in audiobook for the first time - read by the author.A Telegraph and Rough Trade Book of the Year, and shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize.

WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2019SHORTLISTED FOR THE ENCORE AWARD 2020From the author of This Is Memorial Device.'A gasp-inducing thrill of a ride.' i Independent'An exhilarating novel, burning with rage, danger and dark humour.' Literary Review'Remarkable . . . demented brilliance.' Scotland on SundayBelfast, 1970s: Sa...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2017ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE MONTHLRB BOOK OF THE WEEKCAUGHT BY THE RIVER BOOK OF THE MONTHSHORTLISTED FOR THE COLLYER BRISTOW PRIZEThis Is Memorial Device, the debut novel by David Keenan, is a love letter to the small towns of Lanarkshire in the west of Scotland in the late 1970s and early 80s as they were temporarily transformed by the endless possibilities that came out o...

Is it possible for books to dream? For books to dream within books? Is there a literary subterranea that would facilitate ingress and exit points through these dreams?These are some of the questions posed by David Keenan's masterly fifth novel, Monument Maker, an epic romance of eternal summer and a descent, into history, into the horrors of the past; a novel with a sweep and range that runs from the siege of Khartoum and the conquest of Africa in the 19th century ...

Cult author David Keenan's most mature, magical and profoundly realised novel yet, centred on a young boy in Glasgow'A challenging, unconventional and daring piece of fiction 'THE INDEPENDENT'Blending emotional sincerity with pulpy pastiche'THE SUNDAY TIMES'Psychedelic post-punk fantasia'THE HERALD'A swaggeringly imaginative, polyphonic novel' THE SCOTSMAN...

Basée sur des interviews exclusives et un accès sans précédent aux archives personnelles des trois groupes, voici la première biographie de référence consacrée à Coil, Current 93 et Nurse With Wound. Basée sur des centaines d’heures d’interviews avec les membres des groupes, ainsi qu’avec des contemporains, amis et associés, EHR met en lumière une scène anglaise underground obscure, dont l’œuvre met l’accent sur les particularismes du caractère anglais au travers de liens et affinités tissés ...

Pas si simple d’être le Iggy Pop d’une petite ville de province... Memorial Device retrace la carrière fulgurante d’un groupe de punk rock imaginaire du même nom dans un coin reculé de l’ouest de l’Écosse : Airdrie. Établie par un aspirant critique rock, Ross Raymond, cette bio fictive compile vingt-six interviews, textes, lettres et articles de témoins de cette aventure musicale : groupies, amis, critiques, musiciens. Une mosaïque de voix toutes plus déjantées les unes que les autres fait...

'This book spoke, it said "read me" from the very first sentence as if it were alive, it gave me visceral joy' Kim Gordon'Reading [Xstabeth] feels like being cut open to the accompanying sound of ecstatic music' Edna O'Brien'Prepare for more of that inimitable Keenan narrative voodoo brilliance' Wendy ErskineIn St Petersburg, Russia, Aneliya is torn between the love of her father and her father's best frien...

David Keenan is one of today's most exciting, fearless, and entertaining writers. Monument Maker is his most daring book to date.Is it possible for books to dream? For books to dream within books? Is there a literary subterranea that would facilitate ingress and exit points through these dreams?These are some of the questions posed by David Keenan's Monument Maker, an epic romance set in an eternal summe...