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I Put a Spell on You
John Burnside
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Description for I Put a Spell on You
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
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. This is a memoir of romance – of lost love and the love of being lost – darkened by threat, illuminated by glamour.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099554943
SKU
V9780099554943
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About John Burnside
Amongst the most acclaimed writers of his generation, John Burnside has just been awarded the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime’s achievement in literature. His novels, short stories, poetry and memoirs have won numerous other awards, including the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, the Whitbread Poetry Award, the Petrarca Prize and the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year. In 2011 Black ... Read more
Reviews for I Put a Spell on You
A marvellously meandering, digressive study of the nature of love… Burnside has a lovely garrulousness that is distinctively his own… Exact and enthralling.
Tessa Hadley
Guardian
[An] indirect, peculiar, consuming memoir… Full of wonders.
Kate Kellaway
Observer
A wise and wryly glum autobiography written in a highly rewarding, pared-back style.
Martin Hemming
... Read more
Tessa Hadley
Guardian
[An] indirect, peculiar, consuming memoir… Full of wonders.
Kate Kellaway
Observer
A wise and wryly glum autobiography written in a highly rewarding, pared-back style.
Martin Hemming
... Read more