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The House with Only an Attic and a Basement

A neurotically funny collection that looks under the hood of adult life

As in life, she was a pain in the arse

in death. He could hear her roaring

all the way from the fifth circle,

'Why the hell do you get to be in a

better circle than me, I'm wrathful

because of your lust -'

Deploying a chorus of voices both ancient and modern to explore a world of sexual politics and singles cruises, dysfunctional families and psychoanalysis, awkward cohabitations and self-help guides for the would-be Dream Girl, this is the third collection from a unique poetic talent: observant, obsessive and wickedly witty.

'The funniest book I've read in years. Maris flexes her wit and wisdom to create a litany of nervous characters in a style that's mordant, sarcastic, satiric yet often compassionate ... a poet of risk, she is dark, deep and often laugh out loud'

DALJIT NAGRA

'Her dry, droll, clinically deadpan manner is all her own; but her themes — obscure hurts, implacable dissatisfactions, hardwired propensity for victimhood and suffering — reflect the experience of humanity at large'

CHRISTOPHER REID

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-0-14-198657-9
  • EAN
  • 9780141986579
  • Genres
  • poetry
  • Release date
  • 2018