In his first work of fiction, artist Jake Chapman reshapes the world of Mills and Boon in his own inimitable way, slashing the romantic novel down to bare bone and building his own disfigured version from the slaughtered remains. The Marriage of Reason & Squalor is a written extension of the work of the Chapman brothers. Our heroine, Chlamydia Love, is gifted her very own desert island by her fianc???, but she develops a grudging adoration for its real owner, the devilishly unattractive writer, Helmut Mandragorass. A battle ...
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In his first work of fiction, artist Jake Chapman reshapes the world of Mills and Boon in his own inimitable way, slashing the romantic novel down to bare bone and building his own disfigured version from the slaughtered remains. The Marriage of Reason & Squalor is a written extension of the work of the Chapman brothers. Our heroine, Chlamydia Love, is gifted her very own desert island by her fianc???, but she develops a grudging adoration for its real owner, the devilishly unattractive writer, Helmut Mandragorass. A battle begins over the ownership of the island and ultimately for the love of Chlamydia. Included in the book is a facsimile of Mandragorass' magnum opus 'Come Hell or High Water', a work of heartbreaking romance. This manuscript is reproduced as an insert on coloured paper, along with a number of genuine rejection letters sent to Chapman/Mandragorass from publishers who should have known better... Also featured are twenty exclusive colour prints by Jake Chapman as Chlamydia Love. Entitled Visions of Morass, they are from a collection of images drawn by her on the island of Morass, as she struggled with her feelings of agony and ecstasy.
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New. Qto A signed copy of the paperback book, being Jake Chapman's first work of fiction in which he slashes the romantic novel down to bare bone and constructs his own disfigured version from the slaughtered remains. Signed by Jake Chapman. A New copy in the original shipping carton, unopened.
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First Edition. Small 4to. 26 by 23 cms. Black Cloth clam shell box, lettered in silver on spine and on front cover with silver gilt floral motifs around the borders, containing a copy of the paperback book, and a copy of the signed limited edition print, this being number 123 of 250 copies. Colour print shows man riding bullock and cart with copulating pair of pigs in foreground. ISBN 10: 0955862051 ISBN 13: 9780955862052 Fine.
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New. Qto Black Cloth clam shell box, with silver gilt floral motifs around the borders, containing a copy of the paperback book, and a copy of the signed limited edition print, this being number 128 of 250 copies. We have several copies available, each being limited edition copies.
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New. Qto Black Cloth clam shell box, with silver gilt floral motifs around the borders, containing a copy of the paperback book, and a copy of the signed limited edition print, this being number 122 of 250 copies. We have several copies available, each being limited edition copies.
