Sex & violence, death & silence : encounters with recent art / Gordon Burn.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Faber and Faber, 2009.Description: xxv, 554 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780571229291 (pbk.)
- 0571229298 (pbk.)
- Sex and violence, death and silence
- 709.04 BUR
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 709.04 BUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100466276 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A collection of the best of Gordon Burn's writing on art .
Includes index.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Gordon Burn was born in Newcastle upon Tyne on January 16, 1948. He began work as a journalist and wrote for several publications including the Guardian, Rolling Stone and Esquire. His novel, Alma Cogan, was published in 1991 and won the Whitbread Award for Best First Novel. During his lifetime he wrote four novels and several non-fiction books including Fullalove, The North of England Home Service, Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son, Happy Like Murderers, Pocket Money, and Best and Edwards. He died of bowel cancer on July 17, 2009 at the age of 61.(Bowker Author Biography)