"It is dark, compelling, and heart-breaking." Holly Downes reviews the twisted world of Sam Byers' 'Come Join Our Disease' and considers its significance for us today.
Come Join Our Disease by Sam Byers review â busting taboos
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Byersâ rebels squat in an industrial estate. Photograph: Gregory Warran/Getty Images
Byersâ rebels squat in an industrial estate. Photograph: Gregory Warran/Getty Images
Sat 3 Apr 2021 04.00 EDT
âInter faeces et urinam nascimur,â St Augustine of Hippo is credited with remarking. âWe are born between shit and piss.â But in most societies, most of the time, we strive to keep those things out of sight and out of mind: there are deep taboos settled on these most basic human commonalities. Why might that be?