Lynchian by John Higgs - ISBN: 9781399637312
Hardcover
Unraveling the mystery of Lynchian: dreams, meaning, and cinematic reshaping.

Lynchian

The Spell of David Lynch

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  • Hardcover

    128 pages

  • Release Date

    17 February 2026

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Summary

‘Terrifically lucid and compact … an unassumingly intuitive and insightful brief history … will tell you more about [Lynch’s] life and filmmaking than a thousand academic studies’

PETER BRADSHAW, THE SPECTATOR

The loss of David Lynch in January 2025 produced an extraordinary outpouring of love and grief that revealed how deeply he mattered. But the strength and size of this reaction came as a surprise to many. In life, Lynch was a wilfully obtuse cult filmmake…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781399637312
ISBN-10:1399637312
Author:John Higgs
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:128
Release Date:17 February 2026
Weight:215g
Dimensions:202mm x 136mm x 20mm
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Critics Review

[A] terrifically lucid and compact study … an unassumingly intuitive and insightful brief history. You can read it in about an hour and it will tell you more about [Lynch’s] life and filmmaking than a thousand interminable academic studies and PhD theses – Peter Bradshaw * THE SPECTATOR *Higgs pulls back the red curtains on that most enigmatic of cultural figures and he does so with insight, passion and real care for his subject. A fitting tribute for a rare original * RESIDENT, Books of the Year *An excellent intro or refresher to the dreamworlds of the director. Higgs thoughtfully considers the auteur through a series of lenses … [It] will all leave you wanting to immediately watch or re-watch [Lynch’s] films * SHORTLIST *Reading John Higgs is like being shot with a diamond. Suddenly everything becomes terrifyingly clear * MOJO *A while ago I decided to read anything John Higgs writes. He seems to be able to take any subject and poke at it until it yields up its secrets – FRANK COTTRELL BOYCE

About The Author

John Higgs

John Higgs is the author of I HAVE AMERICA SURROUNDED, THE KLF, STRANGER THAN WE CAN IMAGINE, WATLING STREET, THE FUTURE STARTS HERE, WILLIAM BLAKE NOW, WILLIAM BLAKE VS THE WORLD and LOVE AND LET DIE. He lives in Brighton.

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