I Went to the Worst of Bars Hoping to Get Killed. But All I Could Do Was to Get Drunk Again Stephen Baxter Like many of his contemporaries

Like many of his contemporaries

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I Went to the Worst of Bars Hoping to Get Killed. But All I Could Do Was to Get Drunk Again Stephen Baxter Like many of his contemporariesFirst edition (2015) First impression Medium format paperback Signed by Ciran g Arnold to rear of book opposite the copyright page About Winner of the 2015 MACK First Book Award I went to the worst of bars hoping to get killed, but all I could do was to get drunk again is a diary of sorts, following invisible men, down piss alleyways and into empty bars. The photographer accompanies the seekers of oblivion, their lopsided faces caught between ecstasy