A new re-issue of the cult swimming classic, a beautiful read
filled with detailed description and powerful prose. WITH A NEW
INTRODUCTION BY AMY LIPTROT 'A luminously romantic history of
swimming' Guardian Haunts of the Black Masseur is a dazzling
introduction to the great swimming heroes, from Byron leaping into
the surf at Shelley's funeral to Hart Crane diving to his death in
the Bay of Mexico. Bursting with anecdotes, Charles Sprawson leads
us into a watery world populated by lithe demi-gods - a world that
has obsessed humans from the ancient Greeks and Romans, to Yeats,
Woolf, Fitzgerald and Hockney. Original, enticing and dripping with
references to literature, film, art and Olympic history, this cult
swimming classic pays sparkling tribute to water and the cultural
meanings we attach to it. 'This splendid and wholly original book
is as zestful as a plunge in champagne' Iris Murdoch
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