A subtle contribution to the interest that has grown up around a mysterious set of photographs, loosely known as 'The Bellocqs'... Belloc's Women quietly addresses some of the theoretical issues that arise from the art of photography, with a humanity that is no less impressive for being overshadowed by great pain. It is very much in style with the photographs that inspired it. -TLS

Bellocoqs Women

Literature & Fiction

Everett, Peter

Contemporary

Vintage

[Bellocq] Everett, Peter. Bellocq's Women. First Edition. London, Jonathan Cape, 2000. 21.5cm x 15cm. 249, (1) pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The ninth and final novel by Peter Everett who died in 1999, was inspired by a series of portraits of prostitutes taken by EJ Bellocq in 1912 in the red-light district of New Orleans. The photographs, undiscovered until the 1950s, capture the lush surroundings of Storyville brothels, which employed 2,000 women, made millions each year and were closed down by the city council shortly after the photos were taken. Bellocq's image of a young, frank curvaceous woman on the book's cover attest that his eye caught the very bloom on things. Although little is known of Bellocq, Everett builds a quirky and compelling account of what drew him to his subjects, beginning with his fascination with a murder trial in 1889, which involved the sexual abuse of a young girl. Everett retains a tone of cool reportage even when Bellocq visits his first brothel and fails to lose his virginity. Ever afterwards, it was the girl's frail hands washing his penis that Bellocq brought to mind when he was playing with himself. The opening chapter is slightly jerky and distanced but the novel comes quickly into sharper focus as Bellocq sets off to Mexico to escape a domineering, religious mother. Everett subtly conjures the light and shade that frame scenes in Bellocq's mind: The light from an open door cast a woman's shadow, beautifully suggests the photographer's loneliness and foreshadows his subsequent passion. Years later, the lights dying out on a riverboat and the smell of dead geraniums recall the closing of the brothels and the end of Bellocq's controlling force. There is something naive, patient and non-judgmental about the Bellocq Everett creates. One admirer comments that he treated all the women the same way. They all se..

Bellocq's Women

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You'll Never Be 16 Again: An Illustrated History of the British Teenager

History

Europe

BBC Publications

In 1985, Peter Everett landed the job as Superintendent of Southwark Mortuary. In just six years he’d gone from lowly assistant to running the UK’s busiest murder morgue. He couldn’t believe his luck. 
What he didn’t know was that Southwark, operating in near-Victorian conditions, was a hotbed of corruption. Attendants stole from the dead, funeral homes paid bribes, and there was a lively trade in stolen body parts and recycled coffins. 
Set in the fascinating pre-DNA and psychological profiling years of 1985–87, this memoir tells a gripping and gruesome tale, with a unique insight into a world of death most of us don’t ever see. Peter managed pathologists, oversaw post mortems and worked alongside Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad – including on the case of the serial killer, the Stockwell Strangler. 
This is a thrilling tale of murder and corruption in the mid-1980s, told with insight and compassion.

Corrupt Bodies: Death and Dirty Dealing in a London Morgue

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Icon Books Ltd.

In 1985, Peter Everett landed the job as Superintendent of Southwark Mortuary. In just six years he’d gone from lowly assistant to running the UK’s busiest murder morgue. He couldn’t believe his luck.\nWhat he didn’t know was that Southwark, operating in near-Victorian conditions, was a hotbed of corruption. Attendants stole from the dead, funeral homes paid bribes, and there was a lively trade in stolen body parts and recycled coffins.\nSet in the fascinating pre-DNA and psychological profiling years of 1985–87, this memoir tells a gripping and gruesome tale, with a unique insight into a world of death most of us don’t ever see. Peter managed pathologists, oversaw post mortems and worked alongside Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad – including on the case of the serial killer, the Stockwell Strangler.\nThis is a thrilling tale of murder and corruption in the mid-1980s, told with insight and compassion.

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