Bizarrism Vol 1: the revised and expanded edition

By Chris Mikul

Book Overview

Bizarrism is a collection of strange-but-true tales, featuring a grand parade of eccentrics, visionaries, crackpots, cult leaders, artists, theorists and outsiders of every stripe. First published in 1999, this new, fully revised and expanded edition revisits a host of unique individuals, including:

- William Chidley, who believed that, when it comes to sex, we've all been making a terrible mistake
- Arthur Cravan, who combined poetry with boxing
- Slim Gaillard, jazz singer and dispenser of 'vout'
- William Lindsay Gresham, author of the classic noir novel Nightmare Alley
- Rosaleen Norton, Australia's most notorious witch
- Harry Crosby, poet, sun worshipper and the best looking corpse of 1929
- Reginal Levgiac, author of the mysterious pamphlet Drugs Virus Germs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1909394327
• ISBN13: 9781909394322
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Headpress
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"