The Rebel's Sketchbook

by Rupert Dreyfus

Overview

Maniac world leaders; talentless boybands; Westminster politicians; social media idiots; zero-hour contracts. Rupert's first collection of short stories uses transgressive fiction, black comedy and satire as a weapon for shooting down all of these and more. Keeping the spirit of rebellion alive, The Rebel's Sketchbook is set to become one of the most controversial and challenging releases in a generation.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940158234200
Publisher:	Rupert Dreyfus
Publication date:	07/16/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	270
File size:	506 KB

About the Author

"This is a scorchingly brilliant book and Dreyfus is an authentic and vital writer." - Morning Star

Dreyfus writes with the darkly absurd humour of a thirsty and somewhat paranoid Jonathan Swift." - Pop Matters

"Black bloc meets Black Mirror" - Edwin Stratton, Activist and musician

Rupert Dreyfus is a grassroots author who lives and works in the far north of England. His first-person stories keep the spirit of rebellion alive by taking satirical swipes at the establishment as well as those nightmarish corporations which seem hell-bent on turning our world into one giant supermarket.

Rupert also writes the occasional polemic for Consented.

Editorial Reviews

Dreyfus writes with the darkly absurd humour of a thirsty and somewhat paranoid Jonathan Swift, bent out of shape over health plans, legal aid, money issues and a host of other meddlesome affairs affecting modern-day youth (pointedly of English extraction). In his tales of bored and jobless layabouts, internet superstars, corrupt politicians and weary observers of socio-economic collapse, Dreyfus manages an equally coy and poisonous dissertation on 20-something British life.

Imran Khan

Dreyfus writes with vitriolic energy and a direct and urgent use of language. In describing the misery of the poor in our society he's as good as DD Johnston, in my view the best British left-wing fiction author around.

But Dreyfus marries this with a turning-of-the-tables technique akin to an Edgar Allen Poe short story or a tale by the Brothers Grimm.

All of the characters in this collection demonstrate that no matter how desperate a situation may be, it is only by taking

Paul Simon