These stories are linked by a world of nocturnal cities, hapless slapstick and misadventures, lost souls and lost travellers. His debut collection of short stories will sure to linger with you long after the final page is turned.
These stories are linked by a world of nocturnal cities, hapless slapstick and misadventures, lost souls and lost travellers. His debut collection of short stories will sure to linger with you long after the final page is turned.
Dreamlike and immersive, it’s a pantomime nightmare, surreal, terrifying and hillarious, full of masks and metamorphoses. It’s a world seen through the eyes of children, magical, kaleidoscopic and incomprehensible.
Dreamlike and immersive, it’s a pantomime nightmare, surreal, terrifying and hillarious, full of masks and metamorphoses. It’s a world seen through the eyes of children, magical, kaleidoscopic and incomprehensible.
A cross between Kafka and Mary Poppins, The Sleepwalkers' Ball is filmic, funny and lyrical in turns. Always moving, it follows two lives: a man and a woman, and their many attempts to hook up together.
A cross between Kafka and Mary Poppins, The Sleepwalkers' Ball is filmic, funny and lyrical in turns. Always moving, it follows two lives: a man and a woman, and their many attempts to hook up together.
Bilton analyses the work of several important comedians of the silent era, relating their biographies and work to the American culture of the period. In this way he weaves a narrative of the times, the myths, the norms, and symbols of the American psyche.
Bilton analyses the work of several important comedians of the silent era, relating their biographies and work to the American culture of the period. In this way he weaves a narrative of the times, the myths, the norms, and symbols of the American psyche.