{"product_id":"fancy-beasts-9781571314437","title":"Fancy Beasts","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alex Lemon\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCalifornia wildfires, the 2008 election, plastic surgery, Larry Craig, wildfires, Wal-Mart, and rampant commercialism--in \u003cem\u003eFancy Beasts\u003c\/em\u003e, Alex Lemon takes on American media culture, the obscene foil for personal legacies of violence and violation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems of this collection are a workout: vigorous and raw, frenetic and fearless. Yet they are also composed and controlled, pared down and sculpted, with a disarming narrative simplicity and directness. Even when dealing with toxic content--including the turning point in a life of abuse, in which the recovering victim\/perpetrator puzzles through the paradigm of son-to-husband-to-father--Lemon's point of view is always genuine and trustworthy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA frank, funny, and inimitably frenetic vision of post-millennial America, \u003cem\u003eFancy Beasts\u003c\/em\u003e is a stunning achievement from Alex Lemon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47999751225495,"sku":"9781571314437","price":784.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781571314437.webp?v=1783601631","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/fancy-beasts-9781571314437","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}