The Graffiti Killer by David Milnes
The Times Literary Supplement described David Milnes' writing as "bleak but impressive". In your hands is the bleakest and most impressive cultural satire you will read this year. From Kirkus Review of 2.8.25: "Readers won't soon forget this dark ... novel" Here's a cultural terrorist "on a quest to push back against a 'tide of trash".
From Kirkus Review, 88.2025:
"Readers won't soon forget this dark little novel."
The narrator of the novel "was Ghoul 14 in the 1971 Charlton Heston movie, The Omega Man, and a former band promoter who once worked on Barry Manilow's U.K. tours." Approaching his seventieth birthday, something inside snaps and he becomes so ashamed and revolted by his career and what he has done with his life, that "he sets off on a mission to rid the world of 'trasheteers', those he sees as villains forcing trash culture down upon him. His first victims are a group of graffiti artists who have defiled iconic locations all over Europe that have featured in famous paintings. ('In Spain you were in the lanscapes of Goya, Bustillo Salomón, Velasquez, in France you were in the landscapes of Lorraine, Monet, Cezanne, Lavielle.') After that, he targets more well known artists" from popular culture in all its forms. "But it's the depth of depraved character development that truly powers this twisted tale. The narrator's skewed view of the world, as seen though the lens of his frustration and anger, is, unsettlingly, almost understandable."
"Our Verdict: GET IT."
"Readers won't soon forget this dark little novel."
The narrator of the novel "was Ghoul 14 in the 1971 Charlton Heston movie, The Omega Man, and a former band promoter who once worked on Barry Manilow's U.K. tours." Approaching his seventieth birthday, something inside snaps and he becomes so ashamed and revolted by his career and what he has done with his life, that "he sets off on a mission to rid the world of 'trasheteers', those he sees as villains forcing trash culture down upon him. His first victims are a group of graffiti artists who have defiled iconic locations all over Europe that have featured in famous paintings. ('In Spain you were in the lanscapes of Goya, Bustillo Salomón, Velasquez, in France you were in the landscapes of Lorraine, Monet, Cezanne, Lavielle.') After that, he targets more well known artists" from popular culture in all its forms. "But it's the depth of depraved character development that truly powers this twisted tale. The narrator's skewed view of the world, as seen though the lens of his frustration and anger, is, unsettlingly, almost understandable."
"Our Verdict: GET IT."
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781916183216 |
| ISBN 10 | 1916183212 |
| Title | The Graffiti Killer |
| Author | David Milnes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | What Tradition Books |
| Year published | 2025-08-30 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |