Art Sex MusicFaber & Faber, 4. apr. 2017 - 384 síður A SUNDAY TIMES, TELEGRAPH, ROUGH TRADE, PITCHFORK AND UNCUT MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR |
From inside the book
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... girl at my infant school died of cancer. She was called Elizabeth and played Mary in the nativity play one Christmas, then never came back to school. We all knew she was dying – we were told in assembly – and we'd walk past.
Cosey Fanni Tutti. we were told in assembly – and we'd walk past her house every day, to and from school, feeling sad for her but being too young to fully understand what dying really meant. Mainly because we were told in assembly that ...
... We'd eat mud, coal, flowers and clover leaves, and now we proceeded to eat the wax crayons we were given at school. The purple crayons seemed the most tasty and we'd have to ask for replacements suspiciously often. It was just a short ...
... We'd go fishing with a net on a bamboo cane, paddling barefoot in the crystal-clear water under the bridge, catching tadpoles or little fish to put in our jam jars. The surrounding countryside, away from watchful eyes, was my childhood ...
... we'd had some very good times in the nearby churches. Churches were open 24/7 so, as we roamed around the area on our bikes, we'd pop into any church we came across. They were adult-free zones, places of old rituals that had an ...