The Pleasure of Drowning

The Pleasure of Drowning is a collection of stories based on legends and fairy tales. Fairy tales have been told hundreds of times and have been around for centuries. They are not just something we tell but something we live.Jean Bürlesk takes us through these familiar paths tempering the fantastical with a sharp tongue and a satirical vision. Irony and unease go hand in hand in this debut collection by the winner of the Prix dEncouragement de la Fondation Servais 2019.Jean Bürlesk is a scoundrel and a charlatan. Members of the public are warned not to approach or he will regale you with the filth and horror he calls stories. Peadar Ó Guilín award-winning author of The Call and The InvasionAlas my lawyers have informed me that I have no grounds for a lawsuit against The Pleasure of Drowning for trespassing awfully close to the title of my own novel The Art of Starving. Sam J. Miller Nebula- Award-winning author of Blackfish City and Destroy All Monsters