Seasonal Book Action

I have A LOT of books next to my bed thanks to Christmas, a new project in research and the obvious bibliophilia... Here's this month's top ten:

The Demon by Hubert Selby Jr

Going Public by Boris Groys

The Resistable Demise of Michael Jackson edited by Mark Fisher

BFI Film Classics: Don't Look Now

Extreme Metaphors: Interviews of JG Ballard 1967-2008 

1968 in America: Music, Politics, Chaos, Counterculture, and the Shaping of a Generation by Charles Kaiser

Colin de Land, American Fine Arts by Dennis Balk

Bel Ami by Guy de Maupassant

and I'm dipping back in again to the overwhelmingly inspirational Atlas of Transformation

Crash

I'm going through a JG Ballard stage - currently reading volume 1 of his collected short stories. Which are brilliant.

Picked up Crash to read on the tube today and ouch that's a tough read. It is also the inspiration for this Gagosian group show that I have to get round to seeing this week... Makes me think of how much I'm fascinated by Warhol's Death and Disaster images (definitely check this video link if you're interested in their background).