The Blue Mask
ISBN-13: 9781914391057
Author(s): Joel Lane
Subjects: FA, FBA
Publisher: Influx Press
Publisher Imprint: Influx Press
Publication Date: 12-10-2023
Format: Paperback / softback
Availability: In stock
£9.99
About the book
Neil is a student at Birmingham University, living a typical life of gigs, clubs, politics, sex. One night, after a row with his lover, Neil follows a stranger onto a canal towpath. The stranger turns on him and attacks, viciously carving up Neil's face and leaving him mutilated beyond recognition. Neil's recovery is a journey through surgical reconstruction and sexual alienation. His attempt to track down his attacker becoming a search for his own hidden, destructive self; a search that leads him to question values he had always taken for granted. First published in 2003 and long out-of-print , The Blue Mask is a hardcore emotional trip exploring the trauma of change and the nature of violence and of love.