The Kitschies and Other Tentacles
A month ago, my boyfriend and I went on a shore dive in Madeira. The water was cold and foggy with silt, and the swell was fierce, doing its best to grate us against the rocks. We didn’t care – when we came up again we were grinning.
We’d just seen our first wild octopus.
I admit it, I didn’t take this photo.
Maybe this was a good omen, because a couple of days ago I found out that A Face Like Glass is on the shortlist for the Kitschies‘ Red Tentacle award!
Here you can read a Guardian article written in admiration of the Kitschies. (There’s also a fine picture of the Kitschies’ patron monster, the Kraken, in the process of devouring a galleon canapé.)
The (wonderfully varied) 2012 shortlist itself is here. The other books on the list look fascinating…
I discovered A Face Like Glass from the Kitschies and I am so glad I did! My compliments to the chemist, very well done, I loved this book!
Thanks very much! So glad you enjoyed it.