Food in England
About this book
The long poem at the centre of John Hartley Williams' new collection is a dramatic monologue narrated by a laconic, possibly lamed, forest dweller, a lowly crewmember on a barge travelling an unnamed waterway. Some of his remarks are addressed to his talisman, the shrunken head of an African tribesman. The barge carries a sinister cargo and its captain has a preference for sadistic sex. Other poems in the book undertake journeys - to Northern Cyprus, China, medieval France, Florida - but like 'The Barge' they're not exactly travel poems, more poems which travel. Welcome to the unsettling world of John Hartley Williams, whose restless, inexhaustible imagination, originality and maverick humour have enlivened contemporary poetry for years. Paranoid, erotic, disturbed and disturbing, these are bulletins from a dislocated, parallel world that excites, entertains and terrifies - and often feels more real to us than our own.
Reader Profile
4.3/5 · 146 readers · 674 pages · ≈ 12 h 29 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read Food in England?
About ≈ 12 h 29 m — 674 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Food in England?
674 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Food in England?
It sits on the Cooking, History shelves.
Is Food in England in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote Food in England?
Dorothy Hartley.