Blood Curry John Irvine 9780994124920 Books
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Blood Curry By John Irvine is a top-notch collection of is timeless poetry. It is a collection of sophisticated horror. John had been in a number of writer's groups since around 2000, had submitted to many anthologies and magazines dedicated to the horror genre. With moderate success, but one day after a number of red wines John felt driven to produce a collection of just his own work. John states "Let me say that I really enjoy writing horror and its derivatives, as one can be or do anything the imagination comes up with and suffer no jail time. Be a murderer, an alien, a worm, even a politician doing dastardly things with no fear of retribution. Horror is fun." John began to collect writings from past years, so far unpublished, and wrote a lot of new ones. I had also decided to have the book illustrated and a number of arty friends around the globe helped out. Then he had an epiphany... why not include recipes? Genuine ones. People thought he was crazy, but he sourced dozens of reci
Blood Curry John Irvine 9780994124920 Books
On Hannibal Lecter's bookshelf, next to his heavily annotated copy of Larousse Gastronomique, sits John Irvine's mouth-watering 'Blood Curry.' Sensing a food theme, astute reader? Not entirely, but Irvine's collection of poems and short fiction are peppered with fabulous recipes all comprising the essential ingredient: blood!Like the recipes, the poems and the short stories, are varied and delectable with the common ingredient ever-present, of course. It is quite hard to write a review for this eclectic collection of Irvine's writing, mainly because of the sheer variety presented to the reader. This is in no way a negative aspect of this intriguing work, because each poem or short story is a gem in itself. Accompanied with as many varied illustrations, I found myself focussed on the writing which is sharp, powerful, evocative, and at times, horrific.
The title should give you some indication of the subject matter but one should allow for ample doses of black humor to soften the palate along the way. That's what I like about Irvine's writing, he manages to convey extreme horror and humor, in a way that makes the reader unsure at to whether they should scream, or laugh! Stand outs for me are 'fivefivefivefivfive', 'One Track Mind', "You know you're a writer when . . .", 'Grandfather/ and 'Love to die for.'
Like I said, it is incredibly hard to pigeon-hole 'Blood Curry', but with its moments of absudity, the bizarre, horror, and eloquence, there is something on the menu for everyone that likes a bit of the visceral on their plate. Oh, and a glass of the red stuff on the side with a Chianti chaser! Enjoy the feast, I did, and this book will give me plenty of reasons to revisit for extra helpings of 'Blood Curry.'
5 Stars Blood Curry
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Blood Curry John Irvine 9780994124920 Books Reviews
I received a free copy of this book in return for an honest review.
The poetry is great. Horror themed work such as this is hard to do well but John has got his bang on. They cover a wide range of topics across a variety of genres, some of which have the capacity to really make you think. The poem COMPASSION was one of those.
The short stories are punchy, graphic but never stray into that perennial trap of sex and violence for their own sake. All the aspects of these subjects gel nicely with the tale being told without swamping it. There's also a veiled, dark humour hidden in there as well which made me laugh (YOU KNOW YOU'RE A WRITER WHEN... and some of the other micro pieces are brilliant).
The author has also produced some Bizarro material as well, which I love (My Freezer and I)
Add to that some seriously cool artwork and you have a fabulously grim tome to while away the small hours.
Not sure I'll be trying any of the recipes though!
I received a free copy of Blood Curry (A collection of recipes, poems and short stories in the speculative genre) in return for an honest review.
Of course speculative isn't really a genre. It is a carefully selected word giving author John Irvine carte blanche to include any tale he wanted; horror, science fiction, fantasy, splatter, soap box rant in this loose anthology. And he does; seventy-six short stories, poems, sonnets, and/or just passing thoughts to which he's attached titles. That does not count the additional twenty-two recipes (17 for various dishes, 5 for drinks) all featuring blood as an ingredient. This last, odd thematic thread is an interesting and amusing idea that, at first, adds to the queasy tone. But as there are so many works in this volume, the culinary nods quickly become annoying intrusions. By the fifth recipe, I no longer cared, and by the seventh, I was paging past with barely a glance. In a smaller collection, I might have appreciated their presence more. But that's me. If you're into blood, cooking, or exotic foods, these might be your favorite part of the book. Bon appetit.
Now to the poetry and fiction. As you see above, I have given Blood Curry 4 Stars. They are well earned, but not unqualified. Because not all of the works deserve 4 Stars. For every story or poem I liked, there was another that I found merely okay. For every story I considered a masterpiece, and there were several, there was a tale that I hated! If you'll forgive my kidnapping Longfellow's 'little girl with the little curl', when John Irvine is good he's very good indeed, but when he's bad he's horrid. The 4 Stars aren't for the horrid ones. They're for the stories in this book that horror fans must read. Among those are Skin, Another Shadow, I'm Sorry (a brilliant piece on love and retribution), and the wonderfully fun Keeping An Ear to the Pillow. There are more, many more that are very good Grandfather, Annabelle of Aries, Bombazine as a Culinary Statement, and Look after your Leather Belt.
But it isn't all sweetness and light. Breeders might have been a nifty little sci-fi tale had it been told about believable people. Instead it is a wasted opportunity wherein Irvine, using the southern US as a setting, spews incestuous hillbilly stereotypes with a mind-numbing rapidity. (He seems to have a hard-on for Tennessee as he goes at them in several stories. One wonders if he isn't just taking an inside poke at Tony Karnes, a Tennessee native and one of seven illustrators who contributed to the book, at our expense.) The author misses again with the story Saving Manhattan, another stereotyped mess that might have had a chance were it set in the Bronx, Queens, or Harlem. But Manhattan? Gran O'Hood and the Wolfe offered nothing but a tired swipe at supposedly gun crazy Americans. His story An Eye for an Eye is more of the same. (Honestly, nobody has fired a shot the whole time I've worked on this review.) He disappoints with the tepid rambling of Puppet on a String, with In the Beginning, and with the nonsense pieces Life, and My Alien Penis. Ode to Her Tongue probably meant something to the author but it didn't to me. Zero Gravity Love was a waste of the three seconds it took to read it.
But I admit I'm picking gnat poop out of pepper, seventy-six is a lot of stories. You can't please everybody all the time, and I seriously doubt Irvine wants to. His writing is, if anything, direct and fearless and. in the end, the totality of the work makes it great. John Irvine is a damned fine writer. Mirror, mirror is a great terror fantasy, Pink is a jaw dropping tale, and his short story Exotic Flower is absolutely, genuinely effing horrifying. More, I was amused by Her Elegant Fingers, and What You Wish For, and I laughed my hind end off with Sleeping Beauty and the Prince of Plumbers. Winter Moon was a fine horror tale with a twist. You Are What You Eat was crazy and creepy. I could go on and on. But I've said more than enough. Blood Curry is some bad, some okay, and a whole lot of great. It is liberally illustrated by an international coterie of talented artists (many writers themselves). And, overall, it deserves 4 Stars and your attention.
On Hannibal Lecter's bookshelf, next to his heavily annotated copy of Larousse Gastronomique, sits John Irvine's mouth-watering 'Blood Curry.' Sensing a food theme, astute reader? Not entirely, but Irvine's collection of poems and short fiction are peppered with fabulous recipes all comprising the essential ingredient blood!
Like the recipes, the poems and the short stories, are varied and delectable with the common ingredient ever-present, of course. It is quite hard to write a review for this eclectic collection of Irvine's writing, mainly because of the sheer variety presented to the reader. This is in no way a negative aspect of this intriguing work, because each poem or short story is a gem in itself. Accompanied with as many varied illustrations, I found myself focussed on the writing which is sharp, powerful, evocative, and at times, horrific.
The title should give you some indication of the subject matter but one should allow for ample doses of black humor to soften the palate along the way. That's what I like about Irvine's writing, he manages to convey extreme horror and humor, in a way that makes the reader unsure at to whether they should scream, or laugh! Stand outs for me are 'fivefivefivefivfive', 'One Track Mind', "You know you're a writer when . . .", 'Grandfather/ and 'Love to die for.'
Like I said, it is incredibly hard to pigeon-hole 'Blood Curry', but with its moments of absudity, the bizarre, horror, and eloquence, there is something on the menu for everyone that likes a bit of the visceral on their plate. Oh, and a glass of the red stuff on the side with a Chianti chaser! Enjoy the feast, I did, and this book will give me plenty of reasons to revisit for extra helpings of 'Blood Curry.'
5 Stars Blood Curry
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