{"product_id":"rooms-for-rent-in-the-outer-planets-selected-poems-1962-1996-9781550171488","title":"Rooms for Rent in the Outer Planets: Selected Poems 1962-1996","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Al Purdy | Sam Solecki | Al Purdy\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Harbour Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Harbour Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA selection of poems by the man described by the \u003ci\u003eGlobe \u0026amp; Mail\u003c\/i\u003e as the greatest of our poets. \u003ci\u003eRooms for Rent in the Outer Planets\u003c\/i\u003e includes three decades' worth of thought-provoking work, including poems from the Governor-General's Award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Cariboo Horses\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eNaked with Summer in Your Mouth.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePurdy personally made this selection, assisted by Sam Solecki, the editor of \u003ci\u003eStarting from Ameliasburgh: The Collected Prose of Al Purdy\u003c\/i\u003e. In these poems, Purdy ponders the remains of a Native village; encounters Fidel Castro in Revolutionary Square; curses a noisy cellmate in the drunk tank; and marvels at the combination of ballet and murder known as hockey, all in the author's inimitable man-on-the-street style.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRooms for Rent in the Outer Planets\u003c\/i\u003e is destined to become the standard Purdy poetry volume for many years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harbour Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47591602061463,"sku":"9781550171488","price":1772.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781550171488.webp?v=1774973781","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/rooms-for-rent-in-the-outer-planets-selected-poems-1962-1996-9781550171488","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}