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- ISBN-10: 1848761066
- ISBN-13: 9781848761063
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Keith Blackburn 
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The Auguste by Keith Blackburn
The ‘Auguste’ of the title refers to a type of clown - the most stupid one with exaggerated features and ragged clothes. This archetype is what Algy Tuckett, a 22-year-old clerk at the Gurney and Barman wool mill, finds himself metamorphosised into on waking one morning in 1932. And not only has he ... (continue)
The ‘Auguste’ of the title refers to a type of clown - the most stupid one with exaggerated features and ragged clothes. This archetype is what Algy Tuckett, a 22-year-old clerk at the Gurney and Barman wool mill, finds himself metamorphosised into on waking one morning in 1932. And not only has he become a clown, he has also grown old and decrepit. Taking this in his stride, he attempts to get to his office, or a doctor, or to awake from a bad dream, only to be side-tracked along the way by a series of events that take place in locations which are simultaneously familiar and unfamiliar to him, and include people who he knows but doesn’t know, at the same time.
With this far-ranging intertextuality, The Auguste offers a poetic and entertaining tapestry that depicts the unfortunate predicament that Algy Tuckett finds himself in. And in the ’pataphysical logic of the novel, the way out seems, in some strange way, to be satisfyingly apt.
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