The Techno Pagan Octopus Messiah
Ian Winn
Andrew began by saying that he had been put off reading this book several
times because of the title, the cover blurb, what he had been told about it,
and the fact that it begins with several pages of rhyming couplets which are
intended to be rap. However when he finally got into it he was pleasantly
surprised. The book is the novelised version of the author's travels in
Egypt and India with some musings about his hallucinogenically induced
messianic complex. Andrew noted that "Winn is especially good when he
juxtaposes his divinely deluded journey against his involvement with the
supremely trivial "International Silly Straw Experience", a photographic project concerning sculpted drinking straws. Overall, a fairly enjoyable, if sprawling read."
Andrew 15/8/99
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