In `prose that glides and shimmies and pivots on risky metaphors, low puns and highbrow reference points' (Brian Dillon, Frieze), Ian Penman's first book in twenty years is cause for celebration.
The second collection of essays from the legendary music critic Ian Penman, exploring the work of James Brown, Charlie Parker, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Steely Dan and Prince.
Penman's fist collection, Vital Signs: Music, Movies, and Other Manias, was published by Serpent's Tail in 1998, and reviewed by Publishers Weekly: https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-85242-523-4
The pieces in this forthcoming collection have previously appeared in City Journal and the London Review of Books, along with an entirely new piece on Prince.
