Dreamerika!, Alan Burns's fourth novel, first published in 1972, provides a satirical look at the Kennedy political dynasty, serving up an idiosyncratic hotch-potch of history that gives an old tragedy new meaning. For this book, Burns collected newspaper clippings, headlines, cartoons and photographs, cut them up, filed them and then interspersed them throughout his text to create a collage of contrasting effects. Presented in a fragmented form that reflects society's disintegration, Dreamerika! fuses fact and dream, resulting in a surreal biography, an alternate history which lays bare the corruption and excesses of capitalism just as the heady idealism of the 1960s has begun to fade.

Dreamerika! provides a satirical look at the Kennedy political dynasty, interspersed with newspaper clippings, headlines, cartoons and photographs to create a collage of contrasting effects

About the Author
A trained lawyer, Alan Burns (1929-2013) became a celebrated novelist and playwright, loosely associated with the 1960s British experimental circle of writers led by B.S. Johnson. He is best known for Europe after the Rain (1965), Celebrations (1967), Babel (1969) and Dreamerika! (1972).

Reviews
One of the two or three most interesting new novelists working in England. -- Angus Wilson



Book Information
ISBN 9780714549071
Author Alan Burns
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Alma Books Ltd
Publisher Alma Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 186g