The Explosion of a Chandelier

Damian Murphy

“The Explosion of a Chandelier” is a labyrinthine story of anarchists, bombs, impetuous youth, scandalous rites and extravagant visions, mutinous angels, intricate games, and the ritual seduction of an old hotel, all of which revolve around The House of Amaryllis, a place of gnostic exaltation and luxuriant delirium in the Spain of Alfonso XIII. ∼ Damian Murphy.

The chapter headings are as follows:
∼ The Strangling of the Sentinels
∼ The Explosion of a Chandelier
∼ The House of Amaryllis
∼ The Bomb
∼ The Secret Axis
∼ The Hotel Delicias
∼ Behemoth
∼ Majesty The Queen

The details of the book and its TWO EDITIONS are as follows:

NUMBERED EDITION:
Standard hardcover edition of 240 hand-numbered copies, thread-stitched and lithographically printed in Italy on Fedrigoni 120 g/m Arena ivory rough. Cover printed on textured blue Italian paper [printed in ivory, with gold subsequently printed over the ivory]. Endpapers in buff 170 g/m Italian paper. 156 pages.

NUMBERED EDITION Limited to 240 copies. 156 pages.
ISBN-13: 978-1-64525-148-4
Printed in Italy, November 2023
Price: US$50.00 (shipping included)

Please note, we will immediately reimburse any extra shipping charges added to the order.
All orders will be shipped from Europe.

ROMAN NUMERAL LEATHER-BOUND EDITION:  *SOLD OUT*:
Hardcover edition of 10 hand-numbered copies each bound with a limited edition print titled “Devil with a Bomb” by artist Kineta Chien, printed at Fire Dragon in Los Angeles, and signed by Damian Murphy. Thread-stitched and lithographically printed in Italy on Fedrigoni 120 g/m Arena ivory rough. Bound by Francesco De Pasquale in blue leather, which has been hand-dyed specifically for the volume, with title hot-stamped on spine in pure gold. Endpapers, uniquely hand-marbled paper by Francesco De Pasquale.