dante in the laundrette

‘Never sleep with anyone who has more scars than you,’ warns Sean Burn in a book about historical scars, scarred landscapes and mental chains. dante in the laundrette is a study in extreme urban lyricism, a love-song from the Third Circle of Hell, where it is always raining. In the Third Circle, Lear is a council estate bully; Caedmon has been gender-reassigned and re-housed in a Newcastle tower block. Meanwhile Dante is sitting in the all-night launderette, contemplating the endless washing-cycles of Hell. dante in the laundrette is an early morning walk through hungover Northern streets, a vision of innocence and beauty framed by the gaze of the cctv cameras and the drum ‘n’ bass soundtrack of the rain.

From Smokestack Books

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