The Forensic Records Society by Magnus Mills (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Forensic Records Society by Magnus Mills The award-winning, Booker and Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted author Magnus Mills is back with his best novel yet, a hilarious and surreal exploration of power, fanaticism and really, really good recordsWithin a few months wed witnessed bickering, desertion, subterfuge and rivalry. I was rapidly coming to the conclusion that only a miracle could save us now.Two men with a passion for vinyl create a society for the appreciation of records. Their aim is simple: to elevate the art of listening by doing so in forensic detail. The society enjoys moderate success in the back room of their local pub, The Half Moon, with other enthusiasts drawn to the initial promise of the weekly gathering.However, as the club gains popularity, its founders uncompromising dogma results in a schism within the movement and soon a counter group forms. Then the arrival of a young woman called Alice further fractures the unity of the vulnerable society. As rifts are forged and gulfs widen, Magnus Mills examines the surreal nature of ordinary lives. The master of the comic deadpan returns for his ninth novel, a spectacularly disingenuous exploration of power, fanaticism and really, really good records. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Notes Two men with a passion for vinyl create a society for the appreciation of records in this ninth novel from the master of comic deadpan. An exploration of power, fanaticism and really, really good records. Author Biography Magnus Mills is the author of nine novels, including The Restraint of Beasts, which won the McKitterick Prize and was shortlisted for both the Booker Prize and the Whitbread (now the Costa) First Novel Award in 1999. His most recent novel, The Field of the Cloth of Gold was published to great critical acclaim and was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2015. His books have been translated into twenty languages. He lives in London. Review Mills uses his blokes in the back of a pub to tell a massively ambitious story … A story that could be read as a disguised retelling of the Russian revolution, or the Reformation, or the Sunni-Shia schism, or any great human falling out. As soon as you form any kind of "us", Mills suggests, a "them" will form in response. In this, The Forensic Records Society is like Animal Farm but with blokes for pigs, and much better songs * Guardian *For nearly twenty years Mills has been entertaining and occasionally perplexing readers with his enigmatic tales of thwarted expeditions, projects and schemes … Tremendously funny. Mills is one of Britains best comic writers, and this is an excellent introduction to his scrupulously amusing world ... You will love this book. Buy one on Saturday to go with that Toto single * Andy Miller, Spectator *One of our most idiosyncratic voices ... Deceptively genial, eerily comic ... Mills is extremely good on the way obsessiveness is an end in itself for these barely distinguishable chaps ... It also contains some classic Mills hallmarks, including the unsettling impression something sinister is going on, if only you could work out what it is * Daily Mail *An allegory about power, ambition and primal struggles for supremacy. It works wonderfully well because it is so distilled and so funny, but also because of the particular veneer of civilization that Mills has chosen to map … A novel that feels like an off-kilter Nick Hornby starts to be imbued with the spirit of Harold Pinter. It is quite remarkable how, on such a tiny canvas, Mills can achieve such stunning effects ... Hugely enjoyable * Independent *A drily funny allegory for societal divisions. The spartan nature of the narration and dialogue, the brevity of the book as a whole, and Millss propensity to omit information, creates a claustrophobic, uneasy sense that things are more than the sum of their parts * Times Literary Supplement *One for the pop pickers … There are some wonderful aspects to The Forensic Records Society … Bloomsbury have pushed the boat out with the packaging, which is a wonderful pastiche of the sort of vintage 1960s seven-inch single sleeve collectors covet at record fairs, and will really make you think there must be three minutes of music as well as 180 pages of prose to discover inside * Herald *This, his ninth novel, is as odd, simple and parabolic as the first eight ... The theme is unmistakable and unavoidable – when humans can fall out, they will fall out **** * Metro *A true original * Mail on Sunday *A demented, deadpan comic wonder * Thomas Pynchon *Hes original, hes eccentric – and I predict that Magnus Mills will still be fascinating his admirers 100 years from now -- Kate Saunders * Saga * Promotional The award-winning, Booker and Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted author Magnus Mills is back with his best novel yet, a hilarious and surreal exploration of power, fanaticism and really, really good records Review Quote Mills uses his blokes in the back of a pub to tell a massively ambitious story ... A story that could be read as a disguised retelling of the Russian revolution, or the Reformation, or the Sunni-Shia schism, or any great human falling out . As soon as you form any kind of "us", Mills suggests, a "them" will form in response. In this, The Forensic Records Society is like Animal Farm but with blokes for pigs, and much better songs Promotional "Headline" The Forensic Records Society is like Animal Farm but with blokes for pigs, and much better songs Guardian Feature Magnus Mills is Britains most original writer, so forget everything youve been told about fiction - he has never even heard of the rules that apply to everyone else The Times Details ISBN1408878402 Author Magnus Mills ISBN-10 1408878402 ISBN-13 9781408878408 Format Paperback Pages 192 Media Book Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.92 Year 2018 Publication Date 2018-04-05 Language English UK Release Date 2018-04-05 NZ Release Date 2018-04-05 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Audience General AU Release Date 2018-05-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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