Penguin Street Art: And The Ass Saw The Angel

Nick Cave' s incendiary first novel, back in stock to coincide with his latest, ' the death of bunny munro'. 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. compelling and astonishing in its baroque richness, this novel is a fantastic journey into the twisted world of deep southern gothic tragedy.