When the Monster Dies

by Kate Pullinger

This novel evokes a London of squatters and outsiders, all out of tune with living in Britain today. "The Monster" refers to the fading power of Britain and the plan of Irene and Karl to blow up Battersea Power Station - a relic of an industrial age now passed.

173 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Kate Pullinger is an award-winning writer of novels, short stories and digital works. Her most recent book is FOREST GREEN, out in Canada in August 2020. She is Professor of Creative Writing and Digital Media at Bath Spa University.

Born in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Kate dropped out of McGill University after a year and a half of not studying philosophy and literature. She then spent a year working in a copper mine in the Yukon where she crushed rocks and saved money. She spent that money travelling and ended up in London, England, where she lives with her husband and two children.

Kate’s other books include The Mistress of Nothing, winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction 2009, Landing Gear, A Little Stranger and The Last Time I Saw Jane, as well as the ghost tale, Weird Sister, and the erotic feminist vampire novel Where Does Kissing End? These four titles have recently been re-released in new ebook editions.

Kate’s digital works include Inanimate Alice (www.inanimatealice.com), an episodic online multimedia novel and Flight Paths: A Networked Novel (www.flightpaths.net)

You can find out more about Kate and her work at www.katepullinger.com

Reviews

[katieellen · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️ Six friends in London all navigating how to find a sense of belonging - a somewhat interesting read overall but towards the end the lack of plot took a bit of a toll and I was keen for it to finish

[El · Rating 2 out of 5]

So, what Mary do with her artifacts or what ever it is?