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David Keenan

David Keenan was born in Scotland in 1971.

Before becoming a novelist, Keenan worked in a record shop, distribution company and record label Volcanic Tongue. He then went into music journalism where his work was highly influential with a focus on underground music scenes such as experimental rock, noise folk, industrial and psychedelia. His first book, England’s Hidden Reverse: A Secret History of the Esoteric Underground continued that focus.

His novels include This is Memorial Device, For the Good Times, which won the 2019 Gordon Burn Prize, and Monument Maker.

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