Novel 1 Social Wallpaper

Social Wallpaper is a 84482-word full-length novel, published here over 48 colourful pages.

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The work is staple bound and A4 sized (210/297mm or 8.3 x 11.7 inches) with card covers depicting the "Novel Artworks" that evolved from this adventure into literature.

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Novel Artworks

The 48 individual pages were created from the original collages that make up the "Novel Artworks" series of triptych pieces. This means the text runs over and in between the different motifs. In this case, butterflies. To fit the words in, the text is arranged into 3 columns per page and all indentation for paragraphs etc., are removed. Running underneath and in between the main text is a 6235 abridged version.

This is a unique but accessible way to consume text. As with the other two novels, the  the motifs were hand-cut from printed coloured papers and arranged by Steve during several months of painstaking application (!).

History

Social Wallpaper was begun by Steve in December 1997. Various drafts have been completed over the period, leading to this, the 2018 version.

Blurb

This is a fast-paced psychological thriller who-done-it love triangle thing. There are brothers. Exotic Greek islands. Poison. Revenge. Japanese swords. And the mother of all cover-ups.

Themes

"Novel Artworks" are largely about challenging the notion of linear time. Showing everything "all at once". In an eternal singular moment. All three of Steve's novels explore this idea in their own way. In Social Wallpaper, events in different locations which occurred at different times are mixed together. The same events are also experienced from different characters' perspectives.