{"id":3712,"date":"2010-08-22T18:39:10","date_gmt":"2010-08-22T17:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/?p=3712"},"modified":"2015-07-16T20:35:36","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T20:35:36","slug":"blood-rites-of-the-bourgeoisie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/2010\/08\/blood-rites-of-the-bourgeoisie\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood Rites of the Bourgeoisie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Stewart Home – Blood Rites of the Bourgeoisie (Semina, 2010)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Home’s latest novel is an installment in a series of books of experimental fiction. More on other episodes in the series anon, I hope.<\/p>\n

“Blood Rites” has a number of themes – identity blurring, spam, the machinations of the art world in London. It confuses as much as it reveals, which should make for a satisfying read for the more adventurous. Dan Brown this isn’t.<\/p>\n

The text includes a number of paragraphs of rewritten spam emails, which can be annoying, or poetic or distracting – just like wading through “real” spam when you’re trying to get to your email or blog comments. It gives “Blood Rites” a slightly off-kilter rhythm, which I enjoyed very much.<\/p>\n

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Much of the book also covers the thorny tale of the real identity of Belle Du Jour – something I’ve previously covered in relation to Stewart here<\/a>. There’s even an appendix which includes some pretty weird comments from Home’s Mr Trippy blog<\/em>, in which some nutjobs are completely convinced that he is<\/em> Belle Du Jour, even after her actual identity was revealed<\/em>. (Or was it? Ad infinitum tedium…)<\/p>\n

Blood Rites of the Bourgeoisie<\/em> is published as part of Book Works\u2019 Semina series (No.7)<\/a> edited by Stewart Home. Printed offset in an edition of 1,500 copies, b\/w, 128 pages with a soft cover, and colour dust jacket. Designed by Fraser Muggeridge, 130 x 195 mm.<\/p>\n

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Stewart Home – Blood Rites of the Bourgeoisie (Semina, 2010) Home’s latest novel is an installment in a series of books of experimental fiction. More on other episodes in the series anon, I hope. “Blood Rites” has a number of themes – identity blurring, spam, the machinations of the art world in London. It confuses …<\/p>\n

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