Nothing Is More Real Than Nothing
A limited-edition companion piece to The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas, available exclusively from this website.
Nothing Is More Real Than Nothing is the first book devoted to The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas by Daniel James. An international group of academics, artists, and writers present a selection of essays, fragments, fictions, and other writings on the subject of enigmatic artist Ezra Maas and his controversial biography. In this mind-bending new collection, the authors explore topics as wide-ranging as metaphysical detectives, authorship and identity, post-truth narratives, intertextuality, the value of art, celebrity culture, and gender equality in the art world.
This volume includes contributions from Dr Daniel Barnes, PM Buchan, Matt Cook, Ted Curtis, Hanna ten Doornkaat, Dr Magdalena Harper, Maureen Hosay, Dr Helen Gorrill, Associate Professor Mike Jeffries, Amy Lord, Marc Nash, John Palmer, Meaghan Ralph, Nick Reeves, and Ian Roden. The collection features a new introduction by the mysterious editor of The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas.
Praise for Ezra Maas
“With The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas, Daniel James has created a labyrinthine metafictional headf*ck that spills well beyond the confines of its own pages. It is by turns thought-provoking, original and infuriating, and very possibly the work of a madman.”
— Graeme Macrae Burnet
“Astonishing … a maze of allusion and illusion. The ultimate postmodern noir novel (with femme fatales and body in a Hollywood pool)? It's left for the reader to decide. An ambitious, challenging, and beautifully-designed book.”
— The Times
"A brilliant, genre-defying debut novel from a major new talent... a haunting and enigmatic noir and a stylish, multi-layered biography ... a future classic."
— Bryan Talbot
Vital Statistics
Imprint: Valley Press
Edition: First (November 2022)
Paperback ISBN: 9781915606006
Catalogue number: VP0201
Page count: 272
Trim size: 198x129mm
About the Author
Daniel James is an author and journalist from Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK. A journalist for national newspapers and magazines for over a decade, James was a finalist for young UK news writer of the year before he became an author.
His debut novel, The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas, was published in a special edition by Valley Press in May 2022, with a companion publication Nothing Is More Real Than Nothing following in November 2022.
