We do like our unusual fare, and this one is really up there. We admit, this isn’t really an art launch as such (well, thats a fine line, literature is art, in our eyes), yet it reeks of visuality, so we’re posting it up nonetheless – and, we love everything that For Walls has been doing the past year!

Some of you may have heard of a new book that’s been making waves through the websphere lately – Tobacco Stained Mountain Goat. Weird name, cool premise – and as scifi and noir fans, we’re pretty excited about it. Of course, the opening has a bunch of art and music related shenanigans, and other bookish type things – what could be better?

We’ve been chatting to the author of the book here and there, and he told us this about his book, the show, and what its all about  …

“My name is Andrez Bergen, and I’m an expat Aussie journalist/musician (from Melbourne) who’s been ensconced in Tokyo these past 10 years.

My novel Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat was  just published as a paperback ….so what’s the book all about, in a tightly-wound nutshell?
Think sci-fi/noir/post-apocalyptic tones set in Melbourne, Australia as the last city in the world. Melbourne, after all, is my home town. But it’s also heavily influenced by Japan, a country I’ve lived in for the past 10 years, and the novel also owes about 60% of its content to classic noir cinema.”

The book has been getting some great press since it was published, with a whole bunch of rave reviews – Vice magazine said it flowed effortlessly and that it was “smart, mesmerizingly dark and difficult to put down.” – and, you know, if Vice loved it, then we’re sure to!

Just to keep it on track a little as well, the artwork was done by San Fran artists Scott Campbell, and we’re pretty sure that some of the work will be on display on the night … mostly, however, we just can’t wait to read it.

Who: Andrez Bergen
What: Tobacco Stained Mountain Goat book launch
Where: For Walls Gallery, Upstairs Miss Libertines, 34 Franklin Street, Melbourne
When: Book launches Wednesday, 10th August 7pm til 10pm

Check out the books website, the wikipedia page (!) and the cover designer, Scott Campbells, website (who we think is one talented dude!).