And the Ass Saw the Angel - Nick
Cave's classic Gothic novel, in its full and original
form Outcast, mute, a lone twin cut from a drunk
mother in a shack full of junk, Euchrid Eucrow of
Ukulore inhabits a nightmarish Southern valley of
preachers and prophets, incest and ignorance. When the
God-fearing folk of the town declare a foundling child
to be chosen by the Almighty, Euchrid is disturbed. He
sees her very differently, and his conviction, and
increasing isolation and insanity, may have terrible
consequences for them both... In 2009 Cave released a
cut-down version of his novel but this reissue restores
the full uncut text, as first published in
1989. Compelling and astonishing in its baroque
richness, Nick Cave's acclaimed first novel is a
fantastic journey into the twisted world of Deep
Southern Gothic tragedy. This book will be adored by
readers of Will Self, William Faulkner and Falnnery
O'Connor, as well as fans of the cult rock star
everywhere. An explosion of linguistic brio and
Gothic grotesquery, horrifying, funny and tragic' Michel
Faber, Guardian 'As if a Faulkner novel had
been crossed with Whistle down the Wind and then
narrated by a stoned blues musician ... heady' Daily
Telegraph Nick Cave was born in Australia in
1957. He moved to London with his band The Birthday
Party in 1990 and four years later he formed The Bad
Seeds, with whom he has made 15 studio albums. In recent
years he has made two albums with his other band,
Grinderman. In 1999 he curated and directed the Meltdown
Festival at London's South Bank Centre. He has also
written the soundtrack for a number of successful films
including The Assassination of Jesse James,
Lawless and The Proposition. His novel And
the Ass Saw the Angel was an international
bestseller, Time Out's Book of the Year, and was
reissued in the Penguin Essential series. His second
novel The Death of Bunny Monroe was published in
2009. He lives in Brighton with his wife and two
children.
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