Wednesday, September 2, 2009

New From Tearoom Books: Romancing the Dead by Gary Cummiskey


Tearoom Books is pleased to announce the publication of Romancing the Dead by Gary Cummiskey. This small collection of 11 prose poems from one of South Africa's leading underground poets displays writing that is laconic, unfussy, surreal, morbidly humourous and unsentimental. The world presented in it is one where the rules of causality have either broken down or are on their last legs. It is thus an absurd world, but, and this is Cummiskey's talent, it is also a world that is instantly and, in some cases, frighteningly recognizable.

Available at R40 including postage (R50 for overseas orders). For order information, contact tearoombooks@gmail.com