Elfish's friends live hand to mouth in a bleak section of London, squatting, seeing local bands, getting high, and feeling bitter over lost ambitions. Except Elfish, who pursues exactly what she wants with demonic single-mindedness. Elfish rarely eats, never washes, and is devoted to Queen Mab--both the Shakespearean fairy, "deliverer of dreams," and her thrash metal band, formed with her attractive but dimwitted lover, Mo. When Mo jilts her and calls his new band Queen Mab, Elfish is determined to keep the name for her own band and sets about getting revenge. To stop Mo, Elfish is obliged to steal, cheat, and lie to everyone around her. Happily, Elfish is a compulsive liar, and quite fond of cheating and stealing. On the night Mo's band is to play, he and his friends laugh cruelly around her. The people she has deceived turn on her viciously. It is up to Elfish whether to give up hope or to rally, proving to all the power of her will. A fearless stage diver and shameless purveyor of bad sex, Elfish stands alone. Surrounded by people who have given up hope, only she will not put down her guitar. Only she refuses to stop dreaming.
| ISBN | 159376233X | | Pages | 214 | | ISBN13 | 9781593762339
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 227 | | Publisher | Counterpoint,U.S. | | Published in | Berkeley | | Imprint | Soft Skull Press | | Height (mm) | 210 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 140 | | Publication date | 26 Aug 2010 | | Spine width (mm) | 18 | | DEWEY | 823.914 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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Praise for "Dreams of Sex and Stage Diving" "The grubby demimonde of London's Brixton district serves as the backdrop for this low-rent rock-and-roll tale . . . Millar laces dry, droll humor throughout his depictions of his antiheroine's lies, manipulations, and unabashed self-regard." --"Publishers Weekly " Praise for Martin Millar "I've been a fan of his work for almost twenty years." --Neil Gaiman "[T]he funniest writer in Britain today." --"GQ" "Brixton's answer to Kurt Vonnegut." --"Uncut" "Imagine Kurt Vonnegut reading Marvel Comics with The Clash thrashing in the background. For the deceptively simple poetry of the everyday, nobody does it better. Just check out...the Highlands-bred, New York Dolls-obsessed fairies for yourself." --"The List" (UK) "Martin Millar is the master of urban angst. His books are instantly compelling." --"ID" "[U]ndeniably brilliant." --"The Guardian" Praise for "Lux the Poet" "Millar
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