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Qwerty
Paul Groves
This fresh collection contains not only the type of ironic, sly, and coolly witty poems we have come to expect from this writer (the unlikely drama of a ´Convention of Russian Undertakers´, the horrors of a party of ´Greenland Literati´, two unexpectedly refined fitters in ´Against Stereotype´) but also material with quirky turns and melancholic hints, such as the surreal and oddly moving ´Fly in a Hospital´ and the elegiac ´Falling off the Chrysler Building´. Elsewhere he allows himself playful flourishes, as in ´Between Baroque and a Hard Place´, a paean to putti. The family, rather than being a source of solace, becomes a venue for humiliation, adultery, sadism, even murder as in ´Strewth´, where the annoying spouse is seen off in a deserving manner. Formally acute, frequently funny, and often provocative, this book will delight existing fans and recruit many new ones.
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