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Seaton Point
An inner-city tale of magic, mayhem and gratuitous sex scenes. Weird and twisted events are taking place in Seaton Point, a 22-story block of apartments in East London. It becomes a beacon for the disturbed, the deranged and the disenfranchised. Something evil lurks in the basement, while upstairs, a guru forms a scum army from the dregs of society to wage war with the dark forces that threaten to engulf the tower. Sheriffs, bricklayers and transsexual vampires all get drawn into the struggle as the tale surges towards its apocalyptic climax of demonism, anarchism, alcoholism and punk rock. A multi-author effort from seven of the finest young punk rock bards in England.
158 pages, Paperback
First published May 2, 1998
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August 25, 2015
Seaton Point is an interesting concept - it is multi-authored with no obvious distinction as to which bits were written by whom, and without having previously read any of the authors and therefore not being aware of their styles it is impossible to fathom it out. Regardless of this, the book is more or less a streamlined read, so a gestalt of author styles might well have produced a new voice.
The story revolves around a dilapidated city centre tower block and the miscreants who live there. There's a demon in the basement intent on taking over the world, a sex-shifting vampire, a motley crew of beer-swilling unemployed locals, a trio of bullying bailiffs, and a would-be transcendentalist god on the upper floors, amongst others. It is a heady mix of This Is England, SF, Horror, and everything in between and by and large it works. Other than being entertaining, however, it is also - perhaps intentionally - shambolic and sometimes overwrought. Whilst there were times I couldn't put it down there were also times I was reluctant to pick it up. Overall it's not bad, and for lovers of very independent fiction it's no doubt worth a read.
The story revolves around a dilapidated city centre tower block and the miscreants who live there. There's a demon in the basement intent on taking over the world, a sex-shifting vampire, a motley crew of beer-swilling unemployed locals, a trio of bullying bailiffs, and a would-be transcendentalist god on the upper floors, amongst others. It is a heady mix of This Is England, SF, Horror, and everything in between and by and large it works. Other than being entertaining, however, it is also - perhaps intentionally - shambolic and sometimes overwrought. Whilst there were times I couldn't put it down there were also times I was reluctant to pick it up. Overall it's not bad, and for lovers of very independent fiction it's no doubt worth a read.
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