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
*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
*The Lady*
A wholly original idea...a brilliant translation of a singular
passion
*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*
An extraordinary book: I thought I wouldn't care a fig for it but
was suddenly and immediately enthralled. Exceptionally entertaining
and compelling
*Joanna Lumley*
One wants to put it down - and jump straight into the pool
*Independent*
Inspired by his own obsession with immersion, Charles Sprawson has
written a mesmeric account, both sensual and erudite, of individual
and cultural preoccupations with water.
*London Evening Standard*
Magnificent
*Observer*
Fascinating
*Sunday Times*
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