T-ough Press
T-ough Press is a "subterranean" publishing house based in the southern suburbs of Moscow. It was established by Alex Kervey.[1][2]
Kervey started the business when he found he could not get his own translations published. Existing publishers had either never heard of such writers as Hunter S Thompson, or found the material offensive. He has used young translators in their twenties to publish a range of texts from Western Europe and America, such as:
- William S. Burroughs: Junky and Ghost of Chance
- Hunter S. Thompson: Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas and Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
- Aleister Crowley: Diary of a Drug Fiend
- Irvine Welsh: Trainspotting
- Stewart Home: Blow Job, Come Before Christ and Murder Love
- Tony White Road Rage!/Satan! Satan! Satan!
In 2006 T-ough Press faced prosecution for publishing Home's Come Before Christ and Murder Love and White's Road Rage!/Satan! Satan! Satan!. They were accused of pornography and insulting Christian values.[3] Their premises were also fire bombed. This has been ascribed to fascists. The National Bolsheviks have taken particular exception to Blow Job which satirises their blend of right-left politics. Legal and political pressure has also delayed the appearance of Home's Tainted Love and Slow Death.
References
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- ^ "eXiled on Ames street". 3AM Mgazine. 3AM Magzine. Retrieved 29 May 2025.