Beschreibung:
Brilliantly observed, wry, witty and brimming with energy, the latest collection from Pete Marshall ranges from short lyric pieces to prose poems to text conversations to draw astute word-portraits of its array of ¿odd fellows¿. Inventive, scalpel-sharp, yet humane and affectionate, Marshall¿s characters engage, entertain and enlighten, revealing the human condition with all its foibles, flaws and attachments. Oddfellows is an accessible, compelling and distinctive collection from a remarkable voice.extract from: 'invocations'onceon a flat ledgeoverlooking a gorgein CreteI conjured Pana cloven clatteran overwhelming stenchof rot and rutthe rising hairlipped wailof a goat godwhich had me runningfor the comfortof retsina and ouzo(when you died)the lights went outon the Migneinttrees grew quiet in Coed Mawrwells ran dry in churches