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All The Devils Are Here
All The Devils Are Here | David Seabrook
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Twenty years ago, in a series of mysterious, incandescent writings, David Seabrook told of the places he knew best: the declining resort towns of the Kent coast. The pieces were no advert for the local tourist board. Here, the ghosts of murderers and mad artists crawl the streets. Septuagenarian rent boys recall the good old days and Carry On stars go to seed. Clandestine fascist networks emerge. And all the time, there is Seabrook himself - desperate perhaps, and in danger. Dark, strange and immediate, this is a classic work of sui generis British literature. There are devils here, and the reader will remember them.
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Magpiegem
All The Devils Are Here | David Seabrook
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This is turning out to be a very strong year. I‘m getting sad when such fantastic books are getting knocked out of the running so early. But the winner will be for sure amongst my all time favourites. I can tell you just from the books currently in the running!

suvata Thanks to you, I just added The Trees to my TBR. 😎 11mo
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Magpiegem
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27/23 I will never stop thinking about this book. Strange, dark, full of characters blurred somewhere between truth and fiction. It sucks you in and spits you out at the end, unsure of what has just happened. It was a wild ride. So much happens within is 200 pages. This is my #booked2023 #inmemoriam pick. Seabrook sadly died young and had only written two books.

Cinfhen I‘m intrigued 🤓 12mo
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Magpiegem
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I am in love with this little book. I had never heard of it or the author before I found it in a charity shop. Definitely judged it by its cover. And on this occasion it paid off! It‘s taking me on a wild ride through the dark side of Kent and it‘s historical characters. I‘ve learnt about TS Elliot, Dickens, chimney sweeps, the artist Richard Dadd and I have no idea where we are going next! What a lovely surprise in a pretty package.

Ruthiella I JUST heard about this book on the most recent Backlisted podcast! Crazy book serendipity! 12mo
Magpiegem @Ruthiella I had an even WEIRDER coincidence. I went on Google to look this book/author up after I started reading it and came across a Guardian article from 2016. At the bottom of the article the writer mentioned she had done a podcast (I‘d never heard of) episode about the book. I went to look up it up . As you know, this weeks episode is a rerun of THAT episode on this book from 2016! I felt like I had fallen through a vortex 😂 (edited) 12mo
Ruthiella @Magpiegem Clearly you were MEANT to read this book now! 12mo
Magpiegem @Ruthiella so true! I wish there was a podcast by interesting people talking about every book I‘ve just finished! It was nice to hear other people‘s thoughts! I hope you read it so I can hear what you think! 12mo
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All The Devils Are Here | David Seabrook
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This is one of the most beautiful books I‘ve ever seen??? Why do I always fall in love with beautiful books when I‘m at my most broke??

Jee_HookedOnBookz That's what books do to us!! 😅 5y
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