We’re throwing a 3-in-1 launch party for three stellar SelfMadeHero adaptations in dying days of Spring. Booze, books, cartoonists: you know the drill. Here’s the lowdown on the books we will shortly be spilling beer over:
The Shadow Out of Time
“A tale of creeping horror where reality defies logic.”
H.P. Lovecraft/I.N.J. Culbard
Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee is a professor of political economy at Miskatonic University. Following a fainting spell in 1908, he returns to his senses in 1913 with no recollection of the last five years of his life. As he endeavours to discover the truth about his lost years, he becomes increasingly tormented by vivid and disturbing dreams; dreams that will lead him on a journey through time and space to unlock the secrets of the universe.
The Man Who Laughs
“ A grisly tale of love, death and feudalism ”
Victor Hugo/David Hine/Mark Stafford
Victor Hugo’s scathing indictment of the injustice and inequality within Britain’s political system tells a story of abduction, mutilation, loss and prejudice. The narrative follows Gwynplaine, the two-year-old heir to a rebel lord, who is abducted upon the orders of a vindictive monarch, who has him mutilated (to produce a permanent, grisly smile), then abandoned. After years of living frugally he is re-introduced to the aristocratic life, and resolves to become the voice of the voiceless, whether he is heard or not.
Don Quixote Volume 2
“ The deluded Don Quixote battles cats, puppets and the famous Knight of the Mirrors ”
Miguel de Cervantes/Rob Davis
Darker than the first, the second volume of Don Quixote picks up where Vol. I left off and follows our hapless heroes on their last adventure together. Quixote plunges head first into the legendary Cave of Montesinos and seeks to disenchant his imaginary truelove, Dulcinea del Toboso, who is imprisoned there. Meanwhile Sancho is finally given an island to rule over by the Duke and Duchess who, like many characters our heroes meet in this book, have read Vol I and wish to have a hand in the events of Vol II. Betrayal, deception, death and cats beset Quixote from all sides. Oh, what will become of our Knight Errant and his trusty squire?
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It’s all happening on Friday the 14th of June from 7pm until 9pm. There’s no need to RSVP, just turn up, buy some books and say hello (although feel free to join the Facebook event page so we can electronically remind you on the day). If you can make it but would like a signed book anyway, just send us an email to info@goshlondon.com and we’ll sort it out for you. Let us know if you’d like it personalised and if you need a mail order we need to know what country you’ll need it mailed to.
See you there!
SelfMadeHero Spring Party
Friday, 14th of June, 7pm – 9pm
1 Berwick Street, Soho. W1F 0DR
