Originally published: Toronto : Coach House Press, 1983.
Contents:
Autobiography -- Making poison -- The boys' own annual, 1911 -- Before the war -- Horror comics -- Boyfriends -- The victory burlesk -- Fainting -- Raw materials -- Murder in the dark -- Simmering -- Women's novels -- Happy endings -- Bread -- The page -- Mute -- She -- Worship -- Icoography -- Liking men -- Strawberries -- Him -- Hopeless -- A parable -- Hand -- Everlasting -- Instructions for the third eye.
Summary:
These short fictions and prose poems are bizarre: bread can no longer be conceived as wholesome comforting loaves and a poisonous brew is concocted by cynical five-year-olds. Intent on breaking the forces of convention, this collection should captivate the reader's imagination.
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