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The Rough Guide to Cult Fiction (Rough Guides Reference Titles)
 
 

The Rough Guide to Cult Fiction (Rough Guides Reference Titles) (Paperback)

by Paul Simpson (Author), Michaela Bushell (Author), Helen Rodiss (Author)
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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Rough Guides Ltd (28 April 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1843533871
  • ISBN-13: 978-1843533870
  • Product Dimensions: 15.5 x 11.4 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 280,529 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This new Rough Guide will make you a literary buff in the time it takes to say Jack Kerouac. Even if you already know your Hunter S Thompson from your Jim Thompson, you'll still find it hard to resist a book which tells you which cult novel has been implicated in assassinations, which world famous novelist offered to throw himself off a train to prove his devotion to his literary idol and which cult poet and prose stylist inspired a Broadway musical and the Velvet Underground. There's a critical guide to over 150 cult authors - from Kathy Acker to Yevgeny Zamyatin, including potted biographies, their must reads, and their surprising influences. Reviews of 100 cult novels - seminal works by authors who never quite achieved cult status themselves but still produced one classic work. Finally, there's a cult collection - a feast of literary trivia which categorises writers by the diseases they suffered for their art, reveals 12 literary giants who wrote standing up, and pores over the little known fictional epics of Sarah Bernhardt and Benito Mussolini.

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Written by the team behind the highly successful Rough Guide to Cult Movies.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A "must have" book, 4 Sep 2006
By Dr. J. Reade "Ev*Et*PRMT" (Shropshire) - See all my reviews
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This little volume is a real gem. Full of information on authors, books and more, it is the ultimate "dip into" read.

So many books are covered here - and I think that everyone should find at least a handful that they have not read.

And this is the main roll of this book - as a pointer to other works that might be of interest.

Also each book/author is linked to influences and what they have influenced - allowing readers to follow streams of cult fiction as they develop and evolve.

Also included are tips on writing a cult novel if anyone should wish to try (although surely trying to write something to be cult might stop it from being one).

I would recommend this book to anyone who has ever enjoyed the buzz of Naked Lunch, Gravity's Rainbow or Nausea.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Far from being a 'rough' guide, 24 Dec 2007
By Moony (Ipswich, England) - See all my reviews
Having in the past 3-4 years piled my way through cult books from authors such as Bukowski, Fante, Hesse, Kennedy Toole, Hamsun, Murukami, Hemingway, Eggers, etc, etc, etc the list goes on, with complete insatiable hunger, this book just fed that hunger further. If the above authors are your 'bag', then this book is pitched perfectly at your level and will stoke further ideas. I ended up with a wish list from this book nearing 70 books and i had already read a large proportion of the authors listed here. Incredible, the athors of this book know how to make boosk sound appealing. The recommendations are solid, but reading a potted history of the authors is entertaining in itself, especially those authors who have had such journeys it gets reflected in their art. Some one off books too are recommended, such as History of Luminous Motion by Scott Bradfield. Such books i would never have stumbled across without this. Highly recommended.
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