Catacombs of Terror

Following the discovery of the lost manuscript, Catacombs of Terror by Radiohead artist Stanley Donwood is being published by the Scratter & Pomace imprint of Tangent Books. Catacombs of Terror was written by Donwood for a GBP5 bet that he could write a 50,000-word pulp fiction novel in 30 days. Donwood won the bet and a limited-edition of 1,000 books was published by Hedonist in 2002. Donwood then updated the story with hand-written notes, but the manuscript was thought lost until it came into the possession of Tangent Books. Catacombs of Terror is set in Donwood's home town of Bath. It's a pulp-fiction novel starring private eye Martin Valpolicella who is drawn into a dark underworld of subterranean terror involving drugs, guns and pigs. Previous books by Stanley Donwood include: Slowly Downward, Tangent Books (2005) 978-0954417-73-4 Household Worms, Tangent Book (2011) 978-1906477-55-4

For a long time being asked the question "What do you do?" resulted in a sort of mumbling and staring, before a stuttering response which didn't make either my interlocutor or myself any wiser. But more recently I've been putting on exhibitions and having books published, which along with my longstanding association with a well-known rock band has given me a slightly increased level of confidence. So nowadays I can say, with what I hope is calmness, that I'm an artist and a writer. Although you are, of course, free to decide about that yourself.