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

Product details

• Authors: Kathryn Maris, Maris Kathryn
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9780141986579
• ISBN: 978-0-14-198657-9
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 5 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire > Humour, satire, satirical comedy; POETRY / American / General, POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss, HUMOR / Topic / Marriage & Family, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Family, Humour, Dating, relationships, living together & marriage, Separation & divorce, Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards), Separation and divorce: advice and issues, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Marriage & Long-Term Relationships