Book Review Mister Gum 
by Rhys Hughes
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Mr Gum is a creative writing teacher who has an array of tales to tell that are horribly gruesome, outrageously sexualised, heavily philosophical and unbelievably original.
This collection of short stories all involve this quite disturbingly funny character who takes the reader through the surreal to a place that is almost beyond imagination and description. There are whistles that bring bed sheets to life, prog rock that will destroy human kind and about a 1,000 metaphors and similes that make absolutely no sense but are still intelligent and witty.
The book is reminiscent of Chuck Palahniuk’s and Richard Laymon’s stomach churning and disturbingly dark writing style but really it is in a league of its own in terms of originality and imagination.
If you are at all squeamish then this is definitely not the book for you, but if you can handle the obscene language, disturbing descriptions and rude anecdotes then you will find yourself reading a true one off.
pb, Dog Horn Publishing, £7.99
Matthew Read
Posted on Wednesday 2nd September 2009
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Comment by Renuka Mahadevan
Posted on Sat 12th Sep 09 11:47 am
Sounds great! All his other books are amazing.
