{"product_id":"reflections-on-espionage-the-question-of-cupcake-9780300079661","title":"Reflections on Espionage: The Question of Cupcake","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): John Hollander\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book-length poem by one of the major poets of our era is structured as a series of messages transmitted by a master spy to the director of spy operations and to a number of his fellow spies. The spy speaks of his own alienation and sense of purposelessness as a secret agent--a metaphor for a human existence committed to ordering, deciphering, and making sense of a world of random signs. First published in 1974, the book is now reprinted with a substantial introduction by the author that elaborates on the genesis of the poem, the literary figures who inspired some of the characters, the poem's reception, and other matters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eReviews of the earlier edition: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"These poems can be read and admired for their fluidity, their wonderful diversity of significance. . . . Many delights.\"--Richard Poirier, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Hollander's arch and subtle long poem allegorizes the mirror closeness between raveller and unraveller.\"--George Steiner, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Hollander explores with wit and virtuosity the pleasures of poetry (encipherment) and the trials of the workaday world (one's 'cover.') . . . A rich, intelligent poem . . . a special pleasure for those with an ear for allusions, parodies, and puns.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46896760651927,"sku":"9780300079661","price":2152.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780300079661.webp?v=1770359830","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/reflections-on-espionage-the-question-of-cupcake-9780300079661","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}