Caposcripti

by Zelda Rhiando

An 1850's explorer charts the furthest reaches of the Amazon, and discovers a language lost since the dawn of time.
A photographer stalks the streets of contemporary London, looking for subjects for his macabre experiments.
Caposcripti is a novel about shrunken heads and dropouts, language and voyeurism, from the streets of London to the jungles of South America.


“Intriguing”
Noam Chomsky

300 pages, Paperback

First published October 3, 2011

About the author

Zelda Rhiando lives in South London with her husband, two daughters and three cats, and is one of the founders of the Brixton BookJam - the quarterly literary event that has hosted readings by established and emerging writers since 2012.

She is the author of three novels, Caposcripti, Fukushima Dreams, and Night Shift, and is currently working on a fourth. When not writing she can be found child-wrangling and making digital products.

Reviews

[Sandy Beaches · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating! The two narratives in Caposcripti are interlaced in a most macabre design, intricately related to the storing of knowledge, and exploration of power. It's hard to review without spoiling, but all I can say is that you can expect a mythical journey that takes you to some of the darkest corners of the psyche, by way of utopian mysteries. It's quite a journey, highly recommended!

[Jack · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting story, but a little too slow to develop then rather rushed to the final conclusion.