Marzipan Lies. First Edition.

JOHNSON, Brian . Marzipan Lies. Graphics by Colette Malo. (Erin, Ontario) : The Porcupine's Quill, Inc., (November 1975). First Printing. "Printed and bound by the publishers". Pp. (8),9-62,(2). Illustrated. 8vo (148 x 219 mm), art-illustrated matte beige wraps with French flaps, with black lettering to spine.

"'Marzipan Lies' is an amazing tale of mad love and maneuver in the quicksand cabaret we call home. The story begins with Marzipan's first encounter with cannibals in Mars Park, moves on to Marzipan's adventures at sea, and concludes with Marz, which is what remains after the whirlpool has mad off with Pan, the Sicilian god of bread."

This novel in verse includes the following poems: Part I: Mars Park: "One Night", "Carpenters' Picnic", "Dominion Square", "Science", "Pitchfork Blues", "Dirge to McLuhan", "Tunnel of Love", "Bedtime", "The Sceptre's Escape", "Cheerful Note", "Barracks", "The Gypsy and the General". Part II: Marzipan: "Butcher's Dawn", "Beware!", "Ode", "Nile End", "Marzipan", "Summertime Momma", "Homecoming", "Prone". Part III: Marz: "So What If the Sun Comes Up", "Music", "Blood in the Tea", "Elastoplast Lady", "Crazy Love Crazy", "Ode for the Road", "Invisible Descent", and "Lineage".

Very good. 20.00

Product Info

ISBN: 0889840008

ISBN-13: 9780889840003

Publisher: Porcupine's Quill, Erin,

Year: 1975

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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