Book description
From the appearance of the human race in Africa, four million years
ago, to our ultimate destiny beyond the stars, Martin Rowson's first
novel takes us to Mexico under the Aztecs, the Inquisition in Rome, the
secrets of the Internet, the bogs of Irish nationalism, introduces an
alcoholic werewolf and his dog, educates us in literary and management
theory, glimpses 9/11, journalism, warfare, time travel, the Arts and
Crafts Movement, Global Warming, personal therapy and focuses on Hell.
Retelling the stories of the worst decisions the human race has ever
made - and featuring a cast that includes St Simeon Stylites, Hernando
Cortés, Adolf Hitler, Evelyn Waugh, Sigmund Freud, Josef Stalin and
Candide in Las Vegas, and with supporting roles from Henry Kissinger,
Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Pol Pot and Osama Bin Laden (as well
as Superman and a talking sturgeon),
Snatches
is a brilliantly picaresque, funny and ultimately worrying exploration
of love, art, politics, history and just how bloody awful it is to be
here. Martin Rowson is an award-winning political cartoonist whose
work appears regularly in the Guardian
, the Independent on Sunday
, the Daily Mirror
, the Scotsman
, Tribune
, Index on Censorship
and Granta
. His previous publications include comic book adaptations of The
Waste Land
and Tristram Shandy
. He lives with his wife and their two teenage children in south-east
London. He enjoys red wine and the company of agents.
