I put a spell on you
Subtitle: several digressions on love and glamour
By: John Burnside
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780224093873; 9781473511842
Subjects: Scottish Poets; Biography
Description: Beginning with memories of a brutal murder, this book follows the author through a series of uncanny encounters with 'lost girls', with brilliant digressions on murder ballads, voodoo, acid and insomnia, and a cast that includes Kafka and Narcissus, Diane Arbus and Mel Lyman, and The Four Tops and Screamin' Jay Hawkins.