All The Devils Are Here; Author: Seabrook, David; Paperback (C Format)

Author: Seabrook, David
Paperback (C Format); Facsimiles
176 pages
Published: March 2002
Granta Books
ISBN: 1862074836

In this study of East Kent, David Seabrook combines his observations of the towns cultural and political landscapes with their literary associations. In Margate and Westgate, Seabrook detects the desperate merriment of T. S. Eliots The Waste Land; in Rochester and Chatham, he senses the ghosts of Dickens and the drug fantasies of Thomas De Quincey; and in Broadstairs, he uncovers a weird network involving Lord Curzon, a Nazi con man, and Audrey Hepburns father.In his first book, David Seabrook takes us on a deranged exploration of the coast towns of Thanet and the Medway. He fuses his observation of these depressing landscapes, city centres full of unemployed young men and Out for the Territory' did for London!David Seabrook takes the reader on a deranged exploration of the coast towns of Thanet and the Medway. He fuses his observation of these depressing landscapes with literary and historical associations that seem more like bad dreams than heritage advertisements.