Devil in a Coma

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SING BACKWARDS AND WEEP 'Expressionistic and visceral . . . exhilarating and unexpectedly funny' i PAPER 'Compelling' MOJO 'Shades of humour illuminate the dark judiciously' RECORD COLLECTOR Poetic, raw, hallucinogenic and darkly witty, Devil in a Coma charts Mark Lanegan's terrifying, mind-expanding experience of acute illness and the confrontation it forces with mortality itself. Struck down by Covid-19, drifting in and out of a coma, unable to walk and given little hope of survival, these diaries see Lanegan assaulted by nightmares, visions and regrets about an existence lived on the edge of chaos and disorder. In arresting prose and at times transcendent poetry, Devil in a Coma is one man's intimate reckoning with a lifetime spent cheating death.

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SING BACKWARDS AND WEEP 'Expressionistic and visceral . . . exhilarating and unexpectedly funny' i PAPER 'Compelling' MOJO 'Shades of humour illuminate the dark judiciously' RECORD COLLECTOR Poetic, raw, hallucinogenic and darkly witty, Devil in a Coma charts Mark Lanegan's terrifying, mind-expanding experience of acute illness and the confrontation it forces with mortality itself. Struck down by Covid-19, drifting in and out of a coma, unable to walk and given little hope of survival, these diaries see Lanegan assaulted by nightmares, visions and regrets about an existence lived on the edge of chaos and disorder. In arresting prose and at times transcendent poetry, Devil in a Coma is one man's intimate reckoning with a lifetime spent cheating death.

"Devil in a Coma" is Mark Lanegan's frightening memoir of his illness and fight for survival. I March 2021 Mark Lanegan wakes up in a terrible state. He nearly can't breathe and have never been this tired. He is hit by Covid-19. His illness takes him in an out of coma and he is fearing for his life month after month. At the same he is attacked by nightmares and dark reflections over how he had lived his life and the choices he has made. With prose and poetry "Devil in a Coma" is a thought provoking and terrifying account of what happens when death whispers in your ear.

"Devil in a Coma" is Mark Lanegan's frightening memoir of his illness and fight for survival. I March 2021 Mark Lanegan wakes up in a terrible state. He nearly can't breathe and have never been this tired. He is hit by Covid-19. His illness takes him in an out of coma and he is fearing for his life month after month. At the same he is attacked by nightmares and dark reflections over how he had lived his life and the choices he has made. With prose and poetry "Devil in a Coma" is a thought provoking and terrifying account of what happens when death whispers in your ear.