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  • Praise for Simon Crump: "Deliciously obscene and blackly comic. . . . Quentin Tarantino on acid in Graceland. Extraordinary.""--The Sunday Times" "Like an episode of "South Park," where just as you get into the story something goes splat, Crump's contorted imagination is alarmingly enjoyable.""--""Guardian" "Superb.""--""FHM" "There's a lot more to the book than you might think; an undercurrent of despair and depression that leads to an unexpected and thoroughly moving conclusion.""The Independent" "Simon Crump is a vicious and endearing fellow."Todd McEwen "Crump has a uniquely honest and unflinching vision and he has the talent to tear off the veneer and revel in the insalubrious reality beneath without being gratuitous or heartless. If you have a dark side, Simon Crump will let you see it"--"but beware, you might not like what you find.""--""Time Out" "Wickedly funny.""Uncut" "Crump is in total control of his material. His writing is plain, the humor a faded black, the dusting of pathos unobtrusive.""Zembla" "Neverland" is Simon Crump's most daring collection yet"--"surreal, outrageous, and laugh-out-loud funny. Four years in the making (and delivered just hours before Michael Jackson's death), this is a superb piece of writing that transposes the King of Pop into a world of $2,000,000 unicorns bought on eBay, giant whelks, rampaging bodyguards, violence, wonder, mystery, and golf. Outrageous and hilarious, "Neverland" is nevertheless more than just satire: it is a profound"--"and profoundly entertaining"--"fictional exploration of celebrity.