Description
A verse novel. This book uses an un-named lyric narrator who describes life in and around a strange family by the name of Benchley. It is a tautly constructed series of portraits and narratives and lyric poems of searching, suffering and psychological metaphysics. In this collection there is much experimentation with syntax and imagery. It is tensile and alternating – between raw-to-grim and rather ecstatic. There is a religious awareness running through it, made ironic by the somewhat grotesque family presence. NOW OUT OF STOCK
