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This Is Memorial Device
by David Keenan
March 18, 2023 - March 25, 2023 (read/fiction)

Keenan, D. (2018). This Is Memorial Device. Faber & Faber Social.


Faber & Faber Social, 2018. 304 pages. Paperback. 9780571340170

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the primordial soup of everyone else
1 year, 7 months ago
It was like a walking frame or a wheelchair, a cr…
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before you slide a ring onto my finger
1 year, 7 months ago
I began to think of people not as individuals but…
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the most beautiful woman I had ever seen
1 year, 7 months ago
[...] There was a pair of thick floor-length brow…
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made me melancholy for the first time
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[...] What the hell (I was in Paris). Afterwards …
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you genuinely can’t be arsed
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SH: I worked in a shoe shop in Coatbridge for one…

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Introduction to Why I Did It

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Introduction to Why I Did It

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1. Hidden Occluded by Chemistry by Water

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Hidden Occluded by Chemistry by Water

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2. This Is So Pointlessly Wrong

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This Is So Pointlessly Wrong

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3. Daytime Hangovers That Can Only Be Remedied by a Session of Furious Masturbation

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Daytime Hangovers That Can Only Be Remedied by a Session of Furious Masturbation

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4. The Next Thing I Knew Remy and Regina Were Dating (If You Can Believe That)

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The Next Thing I Knew Remy and Regina Were Dating (If You Can Believe That)

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5. Rimbaud Was Desperate or Iggy Lived It

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Rimbaud Was Desperate or Iggy Lived It

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6. Everyone Was Looking for That Mythical Ménage à Trois

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Everyone Was Looking for That Mythical Ménage à Trois

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7. Wisps of Blonde Sawdust (Blonde Stardust)

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Wisps of Blonde Sawdust (Blonde Stardust)

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8. A Beautiful Form of Self-Scarification and Of Course Endlessly Attractive

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A Beautiful Form of Self-Scarification and Of Course Endlessly Attractive

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9. He Had Tried to Have His Testicles Removed on the NHS

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He Had Tried to Have His Testicles Removed on the NHS

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10. The Golden Light Coming From the Window and Spilling Over the Pavement Like a Perfect Dream

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The Golden Light Coming From the Window and Spilling Over the Pavement Like a Perfect Dream

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11. Poor Condition With Promo Stickers

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Poor Condition With Promo Stickers

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12. A Likely Candidate for Sex for Marriage for Kidnap for Another Kind of Future Altogether

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A Likely Candidate for Sex for Marriage for Kidnap for Another Kind of Future Altogether

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13. Kitty-Catting into the Night Burglarising My Dreams

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Kitty-Catting into the Night Burglarising My Dreams

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14. Scatman and Bobbin the Dynamic Duo

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Scatman and Bobbin the Dynamic Duo

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15. The Day of the Frozen Vampires

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The Day of the Frozen Vampires

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16. Holdin Cells fur Oerweight Ballerinas

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Holdin Cells fur Oerweight Ballerinas

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17. Chasing a Twenty-Year-Old Girl Halfway Round the World and Setting Up Shop in a War Zone

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Chasing a Twenty-Year-Old Girl Halfway Round the World and Setting Up Shop in a War Zone

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18. This Is Where I’m Gonna Sit It Out and Then Impregnate the Future

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This Is Where I’m Gonna Sit It Out and Then Impregnate the Future

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19. A Minor Cog a Small Life a Little Bird

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A Minor Cog a Small Life a Little Bird

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20. I Thought They Had Cut the Top of His Head Off and Were Spooning Out His Brains

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I Thought They Had Cut the Top of His Head Off and Were Spooning Out His Brains

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21. Every Disappointment Was Like Something Awarded You in Heaven

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Every Disappointment Was Like Something Awarded You in Heaven

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22. Ships Rising Up and Passing Through the Water Full of Sunlight and Memory the Tricks That It Plays

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Ships Rising Up and Passing Through the Water Full of Sunlight and Memory the Tricks That It Plays

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23. An Inoculation Against Spirit-Devouring Life as Practised in the West Coast of Scotland

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An Inoculation Against Spirit-Devouring Life as Practised in the West Coast of Scotland

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24. Blood and Water Inside Me That Needs an Example

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Blood and Water Inside Me That Needs an Example

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25. My Dream Bride Which Is Of Course My Mother but Not With a Vagina Please

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My Dream Bride Which Is Of Course My Mother but Not With a Vagina Please

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26. I Saw All These Dead Moons Circling a Star

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I Saw All These Dead Moons Circling a Star

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Appendix A: Memorial Device Discography

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Appendix A: Memorial Device Discography

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Appendix B: A Necessarily Incomplete Attempt to Map the Extent of the Post-Punk Music Scene in Airdrie, Coatbridge and Environs 1978–1986

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Appendix B: A Necessarily Incomplete Attempt to Map the Extent of the Post-Punk Music Scene in Airdrie, Coatbridge and Environs 1978–1986

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Appendix C: This Is Memorial Device

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Appendix D: A Navigational Aid

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Appendix D: A Navigational Aid

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