Tales from the Embassy - Communiques from the Guild of Transcultural Studies - Dave Tomlin

Tales from the Embassy: Communiqués from the Guild of Transcultural Studies, 1976-1991 by Dave Tomlin / ISBN 9781907222566 / 496-page paperback with flaps from Strange Attractor Press *** "Dave Tomlin's collection of tales gives a vivid picture of the counter-culture of those years at its most engaging. I personally found the tales funny, and often touching."—Diana Athill Vignettes of a peculiar occupation: the Guild of Transcultural Studies in the abandoned Cambodian embassy. One night in 1976, a group of squatters entered the Cambodian Embassy in London, an opulent building that had remained empty for two years following the bloody revolution of the Khmer Rouge. For the next fifteen years, this peculiar residence would play host to the Guild of Transcultural Studies, an open platform for creative monomaniacs, radical metaphysicians, poets, prophets and exiles. Dave Tomlin, founder of the Guild, member of the experimental music ensemble Third Ear Band, and contributor to the legendar