Head in Flames

Head in Flames is an astonishing collage novel composed of chips of sensation observation memory and quotation shaped into a series of narraticules told by three alternating voices each inhabiting a different font and aesthetic / political / existential space.The first belongs to Vincent van Gogh on the day he shot himself in Auverssur-Oise in July 1890. The second to Theo van Gogh (Vincents brothers great grandson) on the day he was assassinated in Amsterdam in November 2004. The third to Mohammed Bouyeri Theos murderer outraged by the filmmakers collaboration with controversial politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali on a 10-minute experimental short critiquing Muslim subjugation and abuse of women.The aggregate: a restless haunting exploration of arts purpose religions increasingly dominant role as engine of politics and passion the complexities of foreignness and assimilation and the limits of tolerance.