Tyro by Laurie Evan Owen
Q is a committed young artist who takes the reader on a riotous odyssey through the salaciousness of Soho, down beneath the historic structures of Burlington House and the Royal Academy Schools, and onwards into a netherworld of wildly disparate ethereal-mystical realms.
"Tyro' is dark and lonely, poignant and even self-destructive, with brilliantly morphed characters displaying both vengeance and vulnerabilityIt is a mixture of beguiling honesty and simplicity, with sections delivered in such a complex form the mind is kept ever active. The juxtaposition of emotions, tension, extremes of feeling, darkness and light and biomorphic description is raw and risk-laden. A unique piece of writing with remarkable intensity, entwining poetry and art. A challenging compelling journey." -- Lindy Foster Weinreb
"A fantastical thing, set in a cabalistically weird gothic London wherein Q, an artist, wanders strange-scapes and bizarre cabarets, before the novel plunges into an unhinged, psychedelic underground odyssey. Written and structured like poetry, with resonances of Mervyn Peake and Stanislav Lem, and full of arcane fine art allegory, 'Tyro' is a dense, brain-frazzling, and ultimately, rewarding read. Unique." -- Thomas H Green (Editor and Co-founder of theartsdesk.com)
"A fantastical thing, set in a cabalistically weird gothic London wherein Q, an artist, wanders strange-scapes and bizarre cabarets, before the novel plunges into an unhinged, psychedelic underground odyssey. Written and structured like poetry, with resonances of Mervyn Peake and Stanislav Lem, and full of arcane fine art allegory, 'Tyro' is a dense, brain-frazzling, and ultimately, rewarding read. Unique." -- Thomas H Green (Editor and Co-founder of theartsdesk.com)
Laurie Evan Owen’s childhood switched from bomb-site Birmingham to the hills of Buckinghamshire. After grammar school and art school in Oxford, he studied painting at the Royal Academy Schools. He then worked for ten years as an artist in London, where he married, raised children, wrote poetry, and earned money as a house painter. Laurie is now retired, divorced and living happily in Worthing, where he completed his first novel, Kinch.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781805140825 |
| ISBN 10 | 1805140825 |
| Title | Tyro |
| Author | Laurie Evan Owen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Troubador Publishing |
| Year published | 2023-11-28 |
| Number of pages | 264 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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