Never Imitate - Jackie Law

“Venetia Welby first came to my attention in the year I was on the judging panel for the Republic of Consciousness Prize. Her debut novel, Mother of Darkness, is very much the sort of book this prize was set up to promote. It is an intense and sometimes startling journey into the mind of a memorable protagonist (you may read my review here). I am delighted to welcome the author to my blog today and hope you enjoy the answers she has provided to my questions as much as I did.”

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Outer Squalor, Inner Ecstasy

“Upon reading MoD it is somewhat surprising that Welby’s debut novel had not burst out sooner, with her nimble prose and ambitious conceptual thrust reminding the reader of Will Self’s work (albeit in a more digestible form) and Soho legend Sebastian Horsley’s phenomenal Dandy in the Underworld.”


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