Scraps
by Remy Dean
"Great language, poetry and images... "
- Lydia Lunch
"Great language, poetry and images... "
- Lydia Lunch
questing beast presents: Scraps a novel by Jeremy Dean
Tom doesn't know which city he is in or what drug he is addicted to and is forced to confront himself on a strange journey of self discovery - or maybe self deception.
On the run from the cops and two factions of the mob, he falls in with a gang of street punks and poets.
Under the influence of three very different women and assorted substances, Tom must sort out his dreams from his memories and come to terms with what he has done, or failed to do...
Scraps is brave and uncompromising - a surprising story told with startling style - brutal, flippant and fun.
Lydia Lunch – author, confrontationalist, musician and multi-media artist – said of Dean’s first novel, “great language, poetry and images…” she also commented that, “the sex was hot”.
Miles Hatfield in his review for The Champion described it as, “a twisted tale… a freewheeling, experimental novel”. He realised that, “Dean has taken a few risks – there are some startling and surreal episodes,” and goes on to say that, “there is plenty of energy in the writing and the yarn rattles along at a cracking pace”.
Susan Watt, a senior editor at HarperCollins described Scraps as, “a really moody, and inspired portrait of urban life at its seediest”.
Writers News called Scraps, “a fast moving, gripping story of love, lust and moralities,” whereas Writers Monthly branded it as a, “shocking debut novel,” also describing it as, “racy, gripping… brutal and startling…”
Others have likened Dean’s distinctive gritty-crime-noir fantasy style to the films of Quentin Tarantino and Scrawl UK said, “An intelligent crime novel with a romantic twist… A dense and powerful debut novel, Scraps has the visual impact of cutting edge cinema and the lyrical quality more often found in good song writing. The theme challenges you to re-think your own morality…”
Read the first chapter of Scraps
Scraps by Remy Dean
ISBN 1 898848 00 9
Format: paperback, 239 pages
Binding: perfect bound
Availablity: Out now - purchase by direct mail order from the Questing Beast E-Store or from any good book shop
Remy Dean graduated from North Staffs Polytechnic in 1987 with a BA (Hons) in Audio-visual Design, starting out by making a few short films, including Lovelossfear, Pinchbeck and No Way – a music video for his band 'BrainDeath' – before directing his creative energies toward writing.
He has been afflicted with intermittent periods of employment as an international freight driver, sheet metal worker and magazine editor. He found success as a journalist, having more than fifty features published in various magazines and newspapers, including The Guardian, The Independent, New Woman and Outlook covering a wide range of topics such as true crime, jazz, mainstream pop, alternative rock, science fiction, health and film theory. He is the author of several published books, mainly rock-related biographies, including: 'Nirvana', 'Nine Inch Nails', Nick Cave, Henry Rollins, ‘Suede’ and… Celine Dion(!).
Remy Dean was born in Newport, Gwent, 1965, and now lives with his wife, daughter and dog in Snowdonia, where he teaches in the Arts department of a local college.
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