Comments on: Dedalus Books

By: kjbishop

kjbishop — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:37:01 +0000

They publish Mirbeau, Meyrink, all those old symbolists and decadents. Purveyors of perverse pleasures…

By: Clint

Clint — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:24:32 +0000

That’s the company that published my copy of The Torture Garden!

By: kjbishop

kjbishop — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:39:44 +0000

Looks fascinating and is possibly a book I shouldn’t own — but I’m tempted anyway. I already have inspiration in the form of the 100m drop out the window here at Chez Bishop. The propensity of writers to top themselves makes me wonder whether writing itself might not be potentially bad for the psyche, if the psyche is predisposed to narcissim, melancholia or existential wobbles.
(Visited your site and now going off to find out more about Vesta Tilley.)

By: Dickon Edwards

Dickon Edwards — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:30:23 +0000

I can also recommend The Dedalus Book Of Literary Suicides: Dead Letters, edited by Gary Lachman. Fascinating stuff… Just don’t get any ideas.