{"product_id":"industry-of-magic-light-9781399603249","title":"Industry of Magic \u0026 Light","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eIndustry of Magic \u0026amp; Light is a prequel to Keenan's cult classic debut, This is Memorial Device, set in the mythical Airdrie in the 1960s and early 70s. It is a direct channeling of the decade's energies, bringing to life how even the smallest and dreariest of working-class towns felt full of possibility in the wake of the psychedelic moment. It is a forensics of the 1960s, a detective novel, an occult thriller, a vision quest, and the hallucinatory exposition of a moment where anything was possible. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 272 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 25 August 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Orion Publishing Co\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe much-anticipated prequel to Keenan's cult classic debut, \"This is Memorial Device,\" \"Industry of Magic \u0026amp; Light\" is set in the same mythical Airdrie in the 1960s and early 70s and centers on a group of hippies running their own psychedelic light show. Told in two halves - the first in the form of an inventory of the contents of a caravan abandoned by one of the hippies, the second in the form of a tarot card reading - it is not so much a book about the 1960s as a direct channeling of the decade's energies, bringing to life how even the smallest and dreariest of working-class towns felt so full of possibility in the wake of the psychedelic moment. Via artifacts from the time - everything from poetry chapbooks, record reviews, and musical instruments through bubblegum wrappers, bicycle repair kits, and mysterious cassette recordings - the book opens out into adventures along the hippy trail in Afghanistan and behind the Iron Curtain that leads a cast of new and returning characters - as well as the authorities - to believe that they are literally making magic. Simultaneously a forensics of the 1960s, a detective novel, an occult thriller, a vision quest, and the hallucinatory exposition of a moment where it felt like anything was possible, \"Industry of Magic \u0026amp; Life\" brings to life the streets of small working-class towns as transformational sites of utopian joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 384g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 223 x 145 x 28 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781399603249\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Keenan","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44097536295162,"sku":"9781399603249","price":13.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1661515525501_book.jpg?v=1661605379","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/industry-of-magic-light-9781399603249","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}