{"product_id":"9780571342556","title":"O Positive","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Dunthorne, Joe \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eLanguage\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 4 April 2019 by FABER \u0026amp; FABER.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 64 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 134 x 6 | 90g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eO Positive is the long-awaited debut collection of poetry from Joe Dunthorne, and it has all the appeal of his widely acclaimed fiction. Adopting a sunny, genial tone, Dunthorne lures the reader to darker places, exploring death and dread, failure and regret - the 'lounge of our suffering'. Often, he catches us off-guard: a 'whiplash' effect where poems shift from laughter to slaughter in a moment. Impertinent owls, an immersive theatre troupe, ancient men from the Great War and idiot balloonists - such characters dramatise our human fancies and foibles, joining the protagonist in scenarios both humorously bizarre and all-too-familiar. These performances serve to probe and unpeel the layers of the self - all the way down to the raw.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43925172945155,"sku":"9780571342556","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9780571342556_60c9548e-700c-435b-9649-b9a04cf09852.jpg?v=1731417106","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9780571342556","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}