Return of Lost Consonants by Graham Rawle

by Graham Rawle

Graham Rawle uses the absence of consonants, illustrated with collage pictures in "The Guardian". One example of a lost consonant effect is "Carol had gone to the Ladies' to power her nose", accompanied by a picture of a woman with a generator attached to her nostril.

Genres: Humor

Mass Market Paperback

First published November 1, 1999

About the author

Graham Rawle was a British writer and collage artist whose visual work incorporates illustration, design, photography and installation. His weekly Lost Consonants series appeared in the Weekend Guardian for 15 years (1990–2005). He produced other regular series which included ‘Lying Doggo’ and ‘Graham Rawle’s Wonder Quiz’ for The Observer and ‘When Words Collide’ and ‘Pardon Mrs Arden’ for The Sunday Telegraph Magazine and 'Bright Ideas' for The Times.

Reviews

[J · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm a sucker for things that are really, really funny. Every time I have read this book I have found myself gasping for breath, and looking round for someone to quote it to (usually incoherently, weeping, wheezing, and annoying family members and friends).

Read it and weep. (I've used that one before, and I can guarantee that I will use it again.)

[Edmund Chattoe-Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

Part of me feels that with clever (and delightfully surreal) word play along with strange and inventive collage "what's not to like?" among an audience of people who love books/words. But I suppose these might seem too wacky to some. I'd just say that, personally, I think such people are baking up the wrong tree.