{"product_id":"vertigo-ghost-9781324035978","title":"Vertigo  Ghost","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed a Most Anticipated Book of Spring 2021 by \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Winner of the 2019 Forward and Roehampton Prizes, \u003cem\u003eVertigo \u0026amp; Ghost\u003c\/em\u003e offers a searing reimagining of Greek myths of sexual violence that crackles with rage, energy, and empathy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eVertigo \u0026amp; Ghost\u003c\/em\u003e explodes into furious life with a series of poems and fragments about the Greek god Zeus.… [These are] jagged, staccato poems that shoot down the pages like lightning bolts.… [A]n addictive, thrilling, sickening experience.\" -- John Self - Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\"Misogynistic violence, ancient myth and modern rage confront each other in moving and dynamic verse.\" -- Maria Crawford - Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e\"[This] extraordinarily moving collection is a bold confrontation of violence against women. \u003cem\u003eVertigo \u0026amp; Ghost\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the darkest, bravest and most unsettling collections I have read in a while.\" -- Kate Kellaway - Observer\u003cbr\u003e\"A tour-de-force.… [\u003cem\u003eVertigo \u0026amp; Ghost\u003c\/em\u003e] has generated a lot of (justified) buzz.… [P]oems of lasting power.\" -- Tristram Fane Saunders - Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\"Benson here shows us the real, terrifying world in musical, natural scenes which are immediately memorable, whose dark fruit is brewed from sorrow and the condensing pressures of inescapable love.\" -- Declan Ryan - White Review","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529100140887,"sku":"9781324035978","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781324035978.jpg?v=1731874295","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/vertigo-ghost-9781324035978","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}