A re-issue of the cult swimming classic, twenty-five years after its first publication.
Charles Sprawson was an obsessional swimmer and diver who swam the Hellespont. He died in January 2020.
[Sprawson] has an ornate style of prose, apparently smooth, but
rippling with wit and candour... Haunts of the Black Masseur
was a delight when I read it first time round and 25 years on, it
strikes me as even better -- Craig Brown * Mail on Sunday *
Original and sparkling... A haunting, sensual, slippery read that
will make you long for seaweed on your skin and sand between your
toes. A must for swimmers -- Rebecca Wallersteiner * The Lady *
A wholly original idea...a brilliant translation of a singular
passion -- Alan Ross * Times Literary Supplement *
A devoted and luminously romantic history of swimming * Guardian
*
An exhilarating plunge into some of the deepest pools inside our
heads... Magnificently obsessive, this social and cultural history
of swimming is the best book I read this year -- J G Ballard
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