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I am Not Jackson Pollock

I am Not Jackson Pollock

by JohnHaskell (Author)

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    Paperback 2006

    $3.30

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    Paperback 2004

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Synopsis

This bewitching collection of short fiction navigates art, movies, literature and life, often exploring real-life figures in fictional form. In 'Dream of a Clean Slate' Jackson Pollock struggles with the separation he feels from Jackson Pollock the artist; 'The Judgement of Psycho' uncovers the sexual dynamic of Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins in Psycho, and then delves into the relationship between Hector and Paris in the Iliad; and Orson Welles presides over 'Crimes of Midnight', a tense evocation of desire and its consequences. The Hottentot Venus, Joan of Arc, Glenn Gould, a circus elephant executed for killing a man - all become strands in Haskell's ingeniously woven tales. Intellectually searching but gilded with a light touch and outstanding imaginative reach, Haskell's collection is a charming, innovative and moving series of myths for modern times.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 192
 Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Published: 27 Apr 2006
ISBN 10: 184195697X
ISBN 13: 9781841956978

Media Reviews
A spellbinding look at the human lot through iconic eyes . . . With a deadpan simplicity, he weaves the stories as if editing film, knitting his plot not so much around his characters, though cumulative psychological revelation . . . Haskell may not be Jackson Pollock, but he is a poet, and sees the world keenly. * * Sunday Herald * *
Audacious first collection of stories. Haskell picked subjects we think we know and further anatomises them with uncanny seeming precision. His prose is taut and mythopoetic, but playful, too. Haskell is not only a writer in full command of his own stories, but other people's too. * * Independant on Sunday * *
A remarkable collection of short stories from the author of American Purgatorio, examining the relationship between art and reality and featuring a mind-boggling cast of characters, including Orson Welles, Joan of Arc, John Keats and Janet Leigh. * * Financial Times * *
They read more as scenarios in which he projects what's wrong with him on to you. This curious, elliptical book can be profound, but then in the next instant becomes York Notes for weirdos. * * Guardian * *
Author Bio
John Haskell is a former actor, playwright and performance artist who has worked in Chicago and New York. He is the author of the novel American Purgatorio and an acclaimed collection of short stories, I Am Not Jackson Pollock.