Slippery

The book follows the workings of a multi-faceted complex, one that offers a second chance for the last remaining member from an expedition gone awry. Brought back on a journey resembling a reverse Dracula trip, this sole survivor of a once powerful queer circle has their narrative extracted by the complex that quickly exposes its nefarious intentions.

What ensues is an autopsy carried out on a spectre, with nothing to exhume other than a case study. As the complex’s methods become increasingly intrusive, their subject decides to infect the construction with his own fabrications and restructuring of events. The fictional narrative he presents, is formatted as a Victorian-style play, which lies at the novel’s centre and is a catalyst for stories that cross between prose, poetry and curatorial texts in form.

(bron: uitgeverij Nasjonalmuseet)