Notes on time

‘The former stand-up has metamorphosed into a consummate story-teller, spinning tales on the theme of cheating time that are as dark and satisfying as a Guinness. In the first half an alienated man muses on the bleakness of urban life, and in the second a lost love is painfully recalled with a vicious whiplash humoure. The influences are Beckett and Joyce, but the voice and vision are uniquely McLennan’s.’ Lyn Gardner. The Independent. 15/8/1990

 

Much of this piece, commissioned by the National Review of Live Art in 1990, found its way eventually into the novel, ‘Kiss of the Chicken King.’