Jesus Christ Kinski is extraordinary. It is an assault. It is an affront to decency. It is Klaus Kinski, right there on the page. It is hateful. And I loved reading it. It takes real daring to take on such a subject and real skill to carry it off with so much humanity. The talent of Benjamin Myers is something to behold.

SAM JORDISON

The book's achievement lies in the throbbing life force of Kinski himself. His is a dark star, close to collapse. It offers no guiding light but continues to burn five decades on

NEW STATESMAN

A compelling autofictional account which exerts a strange charm … Plunges us into Kinski's fevered mind … A riot of salty vituperation

GUARDIAN

Brilliant ... The bravura stylistic flourishes, the wild imagination, the conjuring of a damaged and maddening psyche – this book is strange and electrifying ... When Myers's Kinski – vituperative, committed, possessed – grabs us by the neck and spits in our faces, deep down we know it's what we deserve ... One of our brightest young novelists

DAILY TELEGRAPH

An experimental and distinguished novel ... An idiosyncratic and destabilising performance that matches Kinski's own

SPECTATOR

Highly original, bold, inventive … Myers captures the dark and forceful energy of Kinski and his startlingly aggressive and vicious mind … A stunning rendering

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