BOOK REVIEW: WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD BY LEX JONES
16/2/2021 Having become familiar with Lex Jones via his work and on a personal level in recent months, I've learned a little regarding the influences that inform the state of his imagination, ranging from written fiction to cinema; from childhood toys and cartoons to comic books and video games. That context has lent my reading of Whistling Past the Graveyard a certain frisson, as not only can I hear Lex's voice in the writing, but I also see where those influences manifest (often chimerically, Lex taking various different tropes and traditions and weaving them together in a post-modern fa...