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Novella
Paperback, £5.00

I could go on to tell you about the references from literature, mythology and religion that are planted in the text like precious gemstones embedded in a rock face, landmines primed to explode at the tread of sensitive feet. I could rave about the sparkling dialogue, the elegant and witty prose, and the sheer passion that's to be found in some of the pronouncements. I could talk about resonances and patterns that weave back on themselves like a demented Mobius strip. I could do all of that and more, but if you haven't got the message that this book is a little bit special by now then I guess you never will.
- Peter Tennant in UNREAL DREAMS

What is really remarkable about the novella is not its sardonic wit, dark ethos, apocalyptic bombast, puckish surrealism or even its opening lines, the best opening lines of any fiction in the history of writing, but the fact it compresses the thousand strengths and thousand weaknesses of our most eccentric, wilful, retiring and yet conspicuous literary figure into an extremely neat 30,000 words.
- Rhys Hughes in ZENE

A stunning addition to Des's work ... a landmark event, both in Des's writing and in literature in general. It tells the story of John Bello; his dreams; his friends, his unusual childhood; his innocence challenged and retained, all set against the surreal backdrop of a destructive conflict that may remind the reader of the remote Orwellian wars of 1984 ... If you have not read Des Lewis before, prepare to be initiated into a new dimension.
- Tim Lebbon from introduction to AGRA ASKA

Lewis' 1st novella offers night read of genre-bridge 2 far...enuf 2 boggle Kafka & blanch Lovecraft...Say what may abt DFL but truly he's Merlin of Brit-Lit.
- Dragon's Breath

If he's such a genius, why is he sometimes mocked? Because his work is an acquired taste, like celery or Guinness (Rhys Hughes)
The man is a phenomenon (Allen Ashley)
Des Lewis, master wordsmith (Paul Pinn)
Few can doubt his mastery of words; none can question his genius (Tim Lebbon)
"THERE IS ONLY ONE DES LEWIS!" (Simon Clark)
- more quotations from the introductions within AGRA ASKA

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Read Rhys Hughes' review of "The Best of D.F. Lewis"

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