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Devil in a Coma Hardcover – 29 March 2022

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One morning in March 2021 with the second wave of infections ripping through Ireland where he was newly resident, Mark Lanegan woke up breathless, fatigued beyond belief, his body burdened with a gigantic dose of Covid-19. Admitted to Kerry Hospital and initially given little hope of survival, Lanegan's illness has him slipping in and out of a coma, unable to walk or function for several months and fearing for his life.

As his situation becomes more intolerable over the course of that bleakest of springs he is assaulted by nightmares, visions and regrets about a life lived on the edge of chaos and disorder. He is prompted to consider his predicament and how, in his sixth decade, his lifelong battle with mortality has led to this final banal encounter with a disease that has undone millions, when he has apparently been cheating death for his whole existence.

Written in vignettes of prose and poetry, DEVIL IN A COMA is a terrifying account of illness and the remorse that comes with it by an artist and writer with singular vision.

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128 pages
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English
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White Rabbit
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29 March 2022
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13.2 x 2 x 20 cm
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1399601849
ISBN-13

978-1399601849
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Devil in a Coma offers a pleasingly bitter counterpoint to the clap-for-carers mood of the times ― Uncut

Compelling . . . When he eventually does sing again, Mark Lanegan has the record of a lifetime to make ― Mojo

Devil in a Coma is fired by Lanegan's expressionistic prose and visceral poetry . . . his writing is exhilarating and unexpectedly funny ― i newspaper

This slight but weighty volume only adds to the man's muscular and vivid - in every sense of the word - body of work -- Kitty Empire ― Observer

Lanegan doesn't tread softly or treat himself easily. Maintaining the commitment to the unvarnished truth of Sing Backwards..., he presents himself as a nightmare hospital patient and a flawed human being. But shades of humour illuminate the darkness judiciously ― Record Collector

Shades of humour illuminate the dark judiciously. -- Kevin Harley ― Record Collector

This latest title is a must-have for Lanegan fans, or anyone left hungry for more of his pitch-black wit -- DAVID NOBAKHT ― Buzz Mag

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The COVID diaries of the alternative rock star and bestselling author of SING BACKWARDS AND WEEP

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ White Rabbit; 1st edition (29 March 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1399601849
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1399601849
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.2 x 2 x 20 cm

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Final chapter of a legend

Reviewed in Australia on 5 April 2022

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Anyone who is a fan of the Man would own this book.. it's sad another legend gone too soon... recommended reading... Mr Lanegan salute🙏

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Matt Clarke

Harrowing, but great.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 December 2021

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This is Mark Lanegan's follow-up to Sing Backwards and Weep, chronicling his recent (near life ending) battle with Covid 19 earlier this year. It's harrowing, redemptive, and beautiful. Told in vignettes of prose and poetry. In short, quintessential Lanegan prose. My only criticism is that it's too short. Thankfully, he's releasing yet another book next year.

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Mark A. Burt

The Cat with 9 lives

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 December 2021

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After reading this short but very gripping account of one of my musical heroes very near death experience at the hands of covid and after the harrowing read of sing backwards and weep his life seems to have taken on a mythological status. It’s a gripping read and hard to put down. A book for our troubling times.

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chrisw

A light read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 May 2022

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Finished this in a couple of hours. Purchased this after the brilliant sing backwards and weep.

Lanegan is a very good writer who gets your attention and this subject is something across the world we all now have in common. That said there really isn't much to this book and I found his poems and placements throughout were there just to fill the pages and I ended up just missing them out as I found them quite annoying by about a third of the way through.

That said Mark was a bad ass who lived an incredible life and inspired many musicians and when I heard he passed it felt like a large chapter of my own life and youth had finished. RIP 🙏

Pietro Nastasi

The rough truth of a man facing death

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 March 2022

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It’s a punch in the stomach, knowing that Mark has passed away. Testament of the tragedy of the first covid wave. I could hear his voice reading this book in my head.

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Honest but beautiful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 April 2022

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Mark Lanegan had a unique voice and produced a range of beautiful, powerful and diverse music and songs over his 30 year career. He wrote this brief but beautifully written and frank account of his covid experiences and his reflections on these, interspersed by his poetry.

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