He resided mainly in paris and new york throughout his life. They both read as lamentations of what could have been, what trocchi could have written. I remember reading cain s book in my early twenties and being struck by an almost visceral awareness the same kind of sensation you get when reading joyce or burroughs for the first time that this was momentous, important stuff. Dec, 2011 martyn wade, chief executive and national librarian introduces cain s book by scottish beat generation writer alexander trocchi s and looks at some of the reasons why it was banned on. But i found his writing style, as well as his own outlook of the the world incredibly interesting. Like christopher marlowe in doctor faustus or herman melville in moby dick, hes mapping a whole cosmogony, intuiting his way towards an understanding of a social, po. This is the journal of joe necchi, a junkie living on a barge that plies the rivers and bays of new york joe s world is the half world of drugs and addicts the world of f. Norman mailer alexander trocchi was a major figure in cosmopolitan newconsciousness fifties and sixties literature, and cain s book is his signal novel. If you know are looking for the book pdf as the substitute of reading, you can find here. The prose seemed to affirm at every turn the presence of someone who, besides knowing how to write, fundamentally understood and articulated what literature is. In cains book the writing is all the words ebb and flow like the inky blackness of the hudson river. Alexander trocchi was born in glasgow in 1925 and died in london in 1984.
Trocchi, alexander, seaver, richard, marcus, greil. Cains book and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Alexander trocchi a life in pieces part 12 youtube. The junky genius of alexander trocchi books the guardian. Its negative in the strict chemical or photographic sense of the word. Alexander trocchi was the smackaddled icon of beat literature, whose writings have been eclipsed by a lurid life of porn, pimping and dissolution in new york, paris and london.
Written in america while trocchi was working on a scow on the hudson river, cains book is an extraordinary autobiographical account about a junkys life, and an honest, raunchy, eyeopening trip through hell. Trocchi s final and most feted work apart from the oddsandends poetry shambles, man at leisure, a. To make lilavati feel better, bhaskara wrote her a book about mathematics. Trocchis final and most feted work apart from the oddsandends poetry shambles, man at leisure, a. Trocchis final and most feted work apart from the oddsandends poetry shambles, man at leisure, also republished by alma classics, is a fragmented and not entirely unpretentious novelofsorts that seems to be more of a deeply psychological exploration of the authors uncompromising outsiders worldview than any sort of seminal drug novel as. Trocchis works were said to have been exiled out of. Martyn wade, chief executive and national librarian introduces cains book by scottish beat generation writer alexander trocchis and looks at some of the reasons why it was banned on. Alexander trocchi, the author of cain s book and young adam, was born in glasgow, scotland, in during the s and s he lived mainly in paris.
Cain, like all esoteric symbols, carries different meanings. Trocchi shared a number of lifestyle similarities with burroughs. Trocchi was then deep in the throes of heroin addiction. Adam and cains book alexander trocchi, william burroughs described its author as a cosmonaut of inner space. In this sense, we might read cains book as a secondary text. This condition is the upon that will make you vibes that you must read. The power of introverts in a world that cant stop cain pdf. Young adam, its predecessor, is better known, but the latter is. Almost simultaneously, trocchi was charged with supplying drugs to a minor by the american authorities, and with the aid of various people including future rock star.
He was an editor of the literary journal merlin, which published works by eugene ionesco, samuel beckett, jeanpaul sartre, and others. Cain s book is trocchi s selfreflexive look at his life as a junky. Alex trocchis state of revolt at the arts lab in london. Oct 09, 2017 but trocchi was an independent writer of immense gifts and cain s book, rather than being a downbeat, depressing look at a sordid subject, is quite the reverse. These words are supposed to create fear among drug users and moore himself has agreed to. If the experience of heroin, of the fix, is central to cains book, both its destructive force and the possibilities it holds for creativity are recognized and accepted without apology. Grove press, 1960, his autobiographical novel and literary triumph, banned in britain upon its publication there in 1963, recounting his days and nights as a writer in new york while working as a scow pilot on the docks, scoring junk and getting high. His wife lyn prostituted herself on the streets of the lower east side. Bookmark file pdf cains book alexander trocchi once.
Bijaganita bhaskara ii jagadeesh madde september 28, at 4. A roman a clef, it details the life of joe necchi, a heroin addict and writer, who is living and working on a scow on the hudson river in new york. Scottish cult novels about heroin use, the other being cains book by alexander trocchi. The novel portrays the addicts turbulent lives and does not. It is the trocchi who describes himself in that novel. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Good books books to read my books britain funny jon ronson life words reading. In other words, that trocchis deeply willed destiny was to fail with an audience. So begins cain s book, alexander trocchi s incredible novel of existential dread. Buy cains book by alexander trocchi from waterstones today. He injected himself on camera during a live television debate on drug abuse, despite being on bail at the time. On a cold morning in february 1922, some gypsies moving across country between madrid and escorial came upon the naked body of a woman. Theories of opiate addiction in the early works of.
Written in america while trocchi was working on a scow on the hudson river, cains book is an extraordinary autobiographical account about a junkys life. Aug 08, 2003 alexander trocchi was the smackaddled icon of beat literature, whose writings have been eclipsed by a lurid life of porn, pimping and dissolution in new york, paris and london. His life, as much as his writing, is the stuff of legend. Cains book is a 1960 novel by scottish beat writer alexander trocchi. Cain s book is what he wrote, one of the few finished. Doc isbell of lexington the kentucky narcotics hospital has. Young adam was a suggested read by my reading partner. Kendall believe that god is on the brink of releasing an era of unprecedented glory as the people of god marry together both the word and the spirit. The spectacle of disintegration takes the reader through the critique of political aesthetics of former situationist t. The introductions for my copy, by greil marcus and richard seaver, are two of the most dismissive, pessimistic book intros ive read. Alexander trocchi, the author of cains book and young adam, was born in glasgow, scotland, in during the s and s he lived mainly in paris. But trocchi was an independent writer of immense gifts and cains book, rather than being a downbeat, depressing look at a sordid subject, is quite the reverse. Trocchi began cains book in paris in 1953 and continued working on it as he.
Cains book trocchi, alexander, seaver, richard, marcus, greil on. Cains book finds hidden eddies in the seemingly static water of banal everyday life, and the vistas this book opens up remain hardly explored 50 years on. Trocchi mined far more poetry out of a peripatetic junkie lifestyle than could ever be expected, and perhaps unsurprisingly, he never published again. Cain s book by alexander trocchi book cover, description, publication history. Notes towards the making of a monster fell within such a trajectory as it became the title. Author alexander trocchis muse was drugsbut in this novel, he does not romanticize the source of his inspiration. Alexander trocchi 19251984 was a scottish novelist whose numerous works include cains book. Banned books part 2 cains book by alexander trocchi youtube. Alexander trocchi s novelmemoir cain s book 1960 announces itself directly as a critique of capitalist modernity s recursive existential and opioid crises. See more ideas about books, my books and books to read. Trocchi s works were said to have been exiled out of scottish literature, along with trocchi physically.
Probably the most famous novel about drug addiction and the hazards and excitements of an addicts life after burroughs naked lunch, this. Cain s book finds hidden eddies in the seemingly static water of banal everyday life, and the vistas this book opens up remain hardly explored 50 years on. Jul 01, 20 that plea has just come into the marketplace, along with trocchi s personal, handpainted copy of cain s book ny. To ask other readers questions about cains book, please sign up. Alexander trocchi goes on the lam world of books, alexander. I remember reading cains book in my early twenties and being struck by an almost visceral awareness the same kind of sensation you get when reading joyce or burroughs for the first time that this was momentous, important stuff. The making of the monster of andrew murray scotts rather pedestrian and boring book on alex trocchi. Alexander trocchi download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Cains book by alexander trocchi nook book ebook barnes. So begins cains book, alexander trocchis incredible novel of existential dread. Jesus, himself, commented on this period as the days of noah were matthew 24. Author bio paul cain is an evangelist and prophet based out of metro christian fellowship, kansas city, kansas. No doubt i shall go on writing, stumbling across tundras of unmeaning, planting words like bloody flags in my wake, no doubt i shall go on writing, stumbling across tundras of unmeaning, planting words like bloody flags in my wake. Burroughs acknowledges his respect for trocchi, and the animosity that they received in edinburgh, as follows.
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