Tripticks Chris Ormston

Tripticks Chris OrmstonFirst published in 1972, Ann Quins fourth and final novel was a radical break from the introspective style she had developed in Three and Passages: a declaration of independence from all expectations. Brashly experimental, ribald, and hilarious, Tripticks maps new territories for the novel aspiring to a form of pop art via the drawings of the artist Carol Annand and anticipating the genre busting work of Kathy Acker through collage and gory satire.

at least in prose

socialists

Our Daily Bread charmingly weaves together the customs

beautiful and terrible

The healing wells of the Christian saints then give way to the health spas of Victorian times

the new boy

But change was on the way: ragged schools

and writers from around the world contribute their feelings on his passing

and is a freelance contributor to the [i]Times Educational Supplement[/i]

“is a river of passing events

and continue to do so

in the village of Nelson in the Rhymney Valley