King of the Bored Frontier
KS Silkwood |
|
Buy if you like:
Charles Bukowski (Early) Bret Easton Ellis Tony O'Neil Irvine Welsh John Niven |
SynopsisIT'S 1997, the year of Tracey Emin’s broken finger, the Royal Academy's catching-up-but-it's-too-late Sensation exhibition, and the fag-end of the self-cannibalising bravado that is Britpop.
Surrounded by the burgeoning Britart and YBA invasion, the art college experience is all too conflict-ridden for our nameless third-year art student. As he drinks, draws, paints and parties his way through the academic year, falling in love, falling in hate, the question is: what's art all about? Combining the cool energy of the mid-90s Britart and Britpop movements, King of the Bored Frontier is a celebration, commiseration, dedication to the cause – the art school bible. |
Reviews
Politic 1983 review: "… coming post-Britpop, post-Damian Hirst and post-everything, our hero is a cynical third year, tired of art … and tired of just about anything… apart from Adidas, alcohol, sex and eye-liner."
Amazon customer: "KS Silkwood is a new, original novelist … If you are interested in Britpop and the art world, then this book is for you."
|
First impressions"Makes me want to draw, makes me want to paint, makes me want to get drunk." – anonymous art lush
|
Praise for previous work |
|
"[King of the Jungle is] hugely entertaining and very funny." – Inder Sidhu, Litro Magazine
"Silkwood plays skilfully with our expectations as readers." – Sabotage Reviews, (Daddy's Little Secret, Unthology 5, Unthank Books) "[Daddy's Little Secret] is powerful, starting with the breathtaking opener … " – The New Short Review |
Other novels by KS Silkwood |
|
|
About KS Silkwood |
|
KS Silkwood was born in the 70s, grew up in the 80s, survived the 90s, and wrote a book or two in the noughties.
He has written a thematically linked trilogy, exploring the lives and the loves, the conflict and the compromise, the horror and the hilarity, of the modern day artistically (dis)inclined. King of the Bored Frontier is his first novel published by Foe. King of the Jungle (second edition) will follow, with the final novel, King of the Slags, due eventually. For more info go to: kssilkwood.wordpress.com |
|
BOOKSELLER INFORMATION
ISBN 978-0-9956140-0-0 Extent 322pp Format Paperback Publication Date July 2017 Genre Literary fiction Trim Size 203 x 133mm |