Description
The confessions of a time-travelling cultural vampire wherein the alternative history of late 20th-century counter-culture is revealed. Sent on a holy mission at a young age the young demon Jonah Plantagenet uses his God-given gifts to pillage the past.
From the mists of pre-history via Roman Britain to the birth of Acid House, the arcades of Slough to the court of King John, chip shops in Manchester to biker rumbles in California this Son of a Demon God takes the words from J G Ballard’s mouth, swipes the genius of Kandinsky, sucks out the minds of famous DJs, possesses Rudolf Steiner and resurrects the Beatles.
Oh yes, and for the crate diggers and fellow enthusiasts there are handy playlists peppered throughout the book providing a mental soundtrack.
Praise for Justin Robertson
“The Trial of Jonah has the humour and the heart, the meaning and the mixtapes. It is a novel of great brilliance and charm, reaching into the core of an England that is seldom captured in fiction. The book is a stylish path to self-knowledge for those who recognise the weird interzones of contemporary Britain. In a world where existential comedy meets the certainty of death, where the suburbs can be granted their poetry and their sound, a novel has arisen which pulses with a magical sense of freedom.” – Andrew O’Hagan
“A hallucinatory memoir of the twentieth century and beyond by a time-travelling head, The Trial of Jonah is a book that is truly stranger than fiction.” – David Keenan
“A writer of fierce and vivid imagination. A promising new star of dark fantasy.” – Michael Moorcock
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