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Along with the strange flotsam of the sea, the aptly named John
Love drifts in on the grey tide to grace a remote island off the
English coast. The stranger, both bedazzling and unnerving, effects
an immediate messianic glow upon the bladder-wracked community of
odds and sods, making disciples of the most unlikely characters.
Chris Hill's visionary and delightfully bizarre novel reads like
the gospel for a neophyte religion spawning in the sea foam among
strange goings-on. It examines how destiny is the result of the
collective will, especially among tribal folk who forever yearn to
conform to ancient cants and creeds. Song of the Sea God comes from
both the ancient incantations of history and mythology and the
awkward cadences of the modern age. The plot is riddled with humour
and pathos, which will delight fans of the contemporary British
literary novel. With rich symbolism and delicious twists of irony,
Hill takes the reader on a microcosmic wild ride in a story told by
a mute that starts in a pub called The Vengeance. Along the way the
reader is treated to a feast of psychotic musings that somehow
manages to include miracles, Tip Rats, plastic ducks, the life of
pebbles, and a Diary of Stools.
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