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Brutal & Strange: Stories Inspired by the Songs of Elvis Costello
Paperback
Publisher Price: $21.99
Publisher: Writers at Work Books
Published: Jul 28 2026
Pages: 306
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.64 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
One of our most prolific and creative composers, Elvis Costello has written songs in every conceivable musical genre from New Wave to a chamber opera and just about everything in between. What you may not have noticed is that a surprising number of these songs are crime stories-not mere nods toward unsavory events featuring questionable characters, but complete tales of murder and violence told in verse.
In this new edition of Brutal & Strange, an expanded roster of contemporary masters of crime fiction dig into Costello's catalogue for inspiration. The marriage of Costello's themes and these award-winning authors' creativity will seem an inevitable match when you savor the results.
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