I put a spell on you

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Beginning with memories of a brutal murder, this book takes you through a series of uncanny encounters with 'lost girls', with brilliant digressions on murder ballads, voodoo, acid and insomnia.

In this exquisite, haunting book, John Burnside describes his coming of age from the industrial misery of Cowdenbeath and Corby to the new world of Cambridge.

The old Scots word ‘glamour’ means magical charm, and the first time he was played I Put a Spell on You, John Burnside thought he had never heard a more beautiful song – it was an enchantment, a fascination that would turn to obsession. Implicit in the song were all the ambiguities that intrigued him – love, possession, and danger – and this book is an exploration of the darker side of glamour and attraction.

Beginning with memories of a brutal murder, the book follows the author through a series of uncanny encounters with ‘lost girls’, with brilliant digressions on murder ballads, voodoo, acid and insomnia, and a cast that includes Kafka and Narcissus, Diane Arbus and Mel Lyman, The Four Tops and Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, and time spent lost in the Arctic Circle, black-and-white films and a mental institution.

Ending with the tender summoning of the ghost of his dying mother as she sings along to the radio in her empty kitchen, I Put a Spell on You is a book about memory, about the other side of love: a book of secrets and wonders.

‘A marvellously meandering, digressive study of the nature of love… Exact and enthralling.’ Tessa Hadley

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 07 mei 2015

Aantal pagina's: 288

Kaarten inbegrepen: Nee

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: John Burnside

Hoofduitgeverij: Vintage

Originele titel: I Put a Spell on You

AI-gegenereerd: Nee

Dyslexievriendelijk: Nee

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 129 mm

Product hoogte: 17 mm

Product lengte: 198 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 129 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 198 mm

Verpakking lengte: 20 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 272 g

eWaste: Nee

EAN: 9780099554943

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