The witnesses are gone

Author

Joel Lane

Call Number

  • FICTION LANE (CEN)

Publication Information

London : Influx Press, 2023.

Physical Description

84 pages ; 20 cm

Summary

"Moving into an old and decaying house, Martin Swann discovers a box of video cassettes in the garden shed. One of them is a bootleg copy of a morbid and disturbing film by obscure French director, Jean Rien.The discovery leads Martin on a search for the director's other films, and for a way to understand Rien's filmography, drawing him away from his home and his lover into a shadowy realm of secrets, rituals and creeping decay. An encounter with a crazed film journalist in Gravesend leads to drug-fuelled visions in Paris---and finally to the Mexican desert where a grim revelation awaits. The Witnesses Are Gone is a first-hand account of a journey into the darkest parts of the underworld--a look behind the screen on which our collective nightmares play."--Back cover.

Notes

"First published in the UK in 2009 by PS Publishing"--Title page verso.

Added Authors

M John Harrison