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The Marriage of Reason and Squalor

Article published 21st May 09

Format: Book
Motivation: Good with a whiskey in the bath

This book is an asshole. It is described by its author as "an absurd work of absolutely no distinction", while its blurb explains that it's "ultimately for the love of Chlamydia".

Artist Jake Chapman, former dictator of Hell, has a habit of conceptually exploring the anatomical and pornographic grotesque.

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