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Devil in a Coma

A Memoir

By: Mark Lanegan

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Hardcover | 29 March 2022 | Edition Number 1

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128 Pages

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One morning in March 2021 with the second wave of infections ripping through Ireland where he was newly resident, Mark Lanegan woke up breathless, fatigued beyond belief, his body burdened with a gigantic dose of Covid-19. Admitted to Kerry Hospital and initially given little hope of survival, Lanegan's illness has him slipping in and out of a coma, unable to walk or function for several months and fearing for his life.

As his situation becomes more intolerable over the course of that bleakest of springs he is assaulted by nightmares, visions and regrets about a life lived on the edge of chaos and disorder. He is prompted to consider his predicament and how, in his sixth decade, his lifelong battle with mortality has led to this final banal encounter with a disease that has undone millions, when he has apparently been cheating death for his whole existence.

Written in vignettes of prose and poetry, DEVIL IN A COMA is a terrifying account of illness and the remorse that comes with it by an artist and writer with singular vision.

About the Author

Mark Lanegan first hit the scene as the front man for Screaming Trees, the Ellensburg, Washington, band that quickly became associated with the Seattle grunge scene. Between 1986 and 1996 the band released seven studio albums. Lanegan released his first solo album, The Winding Sheet, in 1990 and has released several more since. He is also known for his work with Queens of the Stone Age.

Lanegan lives in Los Angeles.

Industry Reviews

Devil in a Coma offers a pleasingly bitter counterpoint to the clap-for-carers mood of the times
Uncut

Compelling . . . When he eventually does sing again, Mark Lanegan has the record of a lifetime to make
Mojo

Devil in a Coma is fired by Lanegan's expressionistic prose and visceral poetry . . . his writing is exhilarating and unexpectedly funny
i newspaper

This slight but weighty volume only adds to the man's muscular and vivid - in every sense of the word - body of work
Kitty Empire Observer

Lanegan doesn't tread softly or treat himself easily. Maintaining the commitment to the unvarnished truth of Sing Backwards..., he presents himself as a nightmare hospital patient and a flawed human being. But shades of humour illuminate the darkness judiciously
Record Collector

Shades of humour illuminate the dark judiciously.
Kevin Harley Record Collector

This latest title is a must-have for Lanegan fans, or anyone left hungry for more of his pitch-black wit
DAVID NOBAKHT Buzz Mag

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