The Dancing Men S L Venables Kevin Jones 9781781769614 Books
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A disturbing study of the decline, (or elevation), of an ordinary man, the convoluted events which shape his personality, his values, his morality and his actions. Crimes of violence, crimes of passion, crimes of greed. The desperate circumstances which twist the processes of logical thought into irrational yet, (to him), clear and simple solutions, and the images which force him to his ultimate destination. His rendezvous with destiny somewhere along a distant and tortured path.
The Dancing Men S L Venables Kevin Jones 9781781769614 Books
This was a remarkable read, though you may not make it far in this book unless you're the kind of person who would have a bought a Picasso hot of the palette - at the time when the co-founder of the Cubist movement tossed every principal of perspective out the window and turned the world upside down on his canvases. As was Picasso and his counterpart in the music world Stravinski, Venables is a revolutionary who pushes the boundaries - barges through them is more like it. In doing so, he's given tradition the boot and created a style I can think of no other way to describe than "Neuveau Noir."Venables' writing is outstanding in its eloquence. It also has a sharp and often startlingly violent edge to it. He isn't shy of being crude when taking you inside the mind of a psychopathic serial killer who is angry with the world and has a particular distaste for accountants, his prime targets. The murders, graphically described from the viewpoint of the character, are gruesome, and meticulously planned. Even more chilling is the matter of fact way in which the character regards these heinous crimes. He talks about them in the same breath as movies, music, Chinese take-out and Star Trek, relegating murder to the mundane in his mind.
Without access to his thinking, one would think he was normal enough. He's a cultivated man with a wife, son and daughter he loves dearly - a family man. He's also got a foul mouth, so if you're offended by profanity, beware. Every page of this book is "graffitified" with expletives, targeted at everyone and everything the character despises, not the least being readers. Yes, readers. And this brings me to one of the things about this book that made it so different - the conversational effect created by frequent remarks directed at the reader. For example:
"Now this is the bit where the stuff I told you about the club comes into its own, so if you've forgotten it, or didn't read it properly, or....(expletives deleted).... or generally lost track of it, now is the time to go back a few pages, re-appraise yourself of the relevant facts, and generally manage to get some kind of handle, however tenuous it may be, on the ****ing storyline.
Patience is a virtue, but not necessarily in your case."
Although it essentially reads like the memoir of a serial killer, The Dancing Men isn't all blood and guts. There are some funny moments and as odd as it may seem, I found myself laughing throughout the book. Here's one instance - after page after page of profanity, we're told,
"I must moderate my language.
But I get so ***ing annoyed.
Poor use of language is actually a particular foible of mine. I'm often correcting people in work on their diction, and I consider the modern propensity for expletives in everyday conversation to be a sad reflection of the depths to which our educational establishments have sunk."
And he ends that thought with another expletive, this one aimed at politicians.
Sticklers for punctuation are in for a bit of a shock too. The author appears to have nothing but disdain for anything remotely resembling the norm. There were a few instances where an editor would have come in handy, but by and large, the random use of punctuation and other crimes against "proper" sentence structure is largely Venable's irreverent style.
I got to the end of The Dancing Men without ever knowing the character's name. And I was left wondering if the events he related really happened or were just the invention of a twisted mind. Whichever the case, this book has left me with the sense something new and exciting is taking shape in the literary world. But read The Dancing Men and form your own opinion. I'd be very interested to know what other readers think.
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The Dancing Men S L Venables Kevin Jones 9781781769614 Books Reviews
This was a remarkable read, though you may not make it far in this book unless you're the kind of person who would have a bought a Picasso hot of the palette - at the time when the co-founder of the Cubist movement tossed every principal of perspective out the window and turned the world upside down on his canvases. As was Picasso and his counterpart in the music world Stravinski, Venables is a revolutionary who pushes the boundaries - barges through them is more like it. In doing so, he's given tradition the boot and created a style I can think of no other way to describe than "Neuveau Noir."
Venables' writing is outstanding in its eloquence. It also has a sharp and often startlingly violent edge to it. He isn't shy of being crude when taking you inside the mind of a psychopathic serial killer who is angry with the world and has a particular distaste for accountants, his prime targets. The murders, graphically described from the viewpoint of the character, are gruesome, and meticulously planned. Even more chilling is the matter of fact way in which the character regards these heinous crimes. He talks about them in the same breath as movies, music, Chinese take-out and Star Trek, relegating murder to the mundane in his mind.
Without access to his thinking, one would think he was normal enough. He's a cultivated man with a wife, son and daughter he loves dearly - a family man. He's also got a foul mouth, so if you're offended by profanity, beware. Every page of this book is "graffitified" with expletives, targeted at everyone and everything the character despises, not the least being readers. Yes, readers. And this brings me to one of the things about this book that made it so different - the conversational effect created by frequent remarks directed at the reader. For example
"Now this is the bit where the stuff I told you about the club comes into its own, so if you've forgotten it, or didn't read it properly, or....(expletives deleted).... or generally lost track of it, now is the time to go back a few pages, re-appraise yourself of the relevant facts, and generally manage to get some kind of handle, however tenuous it may be, on the ****ing storyline.
Patience is a virtue, but not necessarily in your case."
Although it essentially reads like the memoir of a serial killer, The Dancing Men isn't all blood and guts. There are some funny moments and as odd as it may seem, I found myself laughing throughout the book. Here's one instance - after page after page of profanity, we're told,
"I must moderate my language.
But I get so ***ing annoyed.
Poor use of language is actually a particular foible of mine. I'm often correcting people in work on their diction, and I consider the modern propensity for expletives in everyday conversation to be a sad reflection of the depths to which our educational establishments have sunk."
And he ends that thought with another expletive, this one aimed at politicians.
Sticklers for punctuation are in for a bit of a shock too. The author appears to have nothing but disdain for anything remotely resembling the norm. There were a few instances where an editor would have come in handy, but by and large, the random use of punctuation and other crimes against "proper" sentence structure is largely Venable's irreverent style.
I got to the end of The Dancing Men without ever knowing the character's name. And I was left wondering if the events he related really happened or were just the invention of a twisted mind. Whichever the case, this book has left me with the sense something new and exciting is taking shape in the literary world. But read The Dancing Men and form your own opinion. I'd be very interested to know what other readers think.
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