CATHI UNSWORTH will be reading from her new book “The Not Knowing” at THE HORSE HOSPITAL, Russell Square, London on Friday 23 September, alongside LYDIA LUNCH, MARTYN WAITS, TOMMY UDO and with music from the great TERRY EDWARDS. Plus the DJ skills of PETE WOODHEAD and JOE McNALLY.
The Not Knowing, available now from Serpent’s Tail (and I should add, a damned good read):
“London, March 1992. Nearly a year after the release of Brit noir sensation, Bent, the capital is still in the grip of its cultural and stylistic impact. Diana Kemp, journalist on the alternative arts magazine Lux, is dismissive of the film’s cult following but admires the technique of its debut director, Jon Jackson. In fact, some of her admiration has a more personal nature and when Jon disappears following a triumphant Guardian lecture, she feels the loss, acutely. Two weeks’ later, Jackson’s body is found in a condemned lock-up in the arches behind Camden market. A victim of his own success? Perhaps – the murder site resembles the particularly bloody final scene of Bent. But why would anyone want to destroy the golden boy in such a way? Attempting to put a lid on the past, Diana buries herself in work. But an assignment, at the ICA’s Crimewave festival, leads her on a voyage of discovery where not knowing might be the only thing that saves her.”
