Slow Chocolate Autopsy
 Cover of Slow Chocolate Autopsy. | |
| Author | Iain Sinclair Illustrated by Dave McKean |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Phoenix House |
Slow Chocolate Autopsy: Incidents from the Notorious Career of Norton, Prisoner of London is a 1997 novel by Iain Sinclair and illustrated by Dave McKean. It concerns Norton who is trapped in space, within London's city limits, but not in time.
Plot summary
[edit]The book is in twelve parts, each one featuring Norton (nine of which are in the form of stories and three as a mixture of illustrations and photo-strips). His adventures include participating in the death of Christopher Marlowe, the Ripper murders, as well as more recent events that have shaped London.
Genre
[edit]The book can be considered an example of psychogeography, which explores the specific effects of the geographical environment on the emotions and behavior of individuals.
In other media
[edit]Comics
[edit]Iain Sinclair's friend Alan Moore has included the character of Andrew Norton, the Prisoner of London, in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century.[1] The character's physical appearance here is based on that of Sinclair himself.