Spanish Fly

by Rollinson, Neil

• ISBN13: 9780224062077
• ISBN10: 0224062077
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-25
• Publisher: Jonathan Cape

Summary

This captivating collection delves into the dark, moist, unexpected bag of human experience. Taking the themes of love, sex, and life's unpredictable mysteries and excitements, Neil Rollinson scrapes away at the veneer of normality to reveal a world that is instantly stranger and more compelling than before. He revisits the erotic with his usual wit and bravado in poems that are sometimes playful and sensitive, sometimes visceral and shocking. The works explore scientific subjects through bedroom eyes, introducing the idea of entropy to the lovers' lexicon, and they make sport a backdrop for loneliness as characters play golf on the moon, take the final penalty in the shoot-out, or wander aimlessly and forever through the high grass of the village-cricket boundary. Diverse and provocative, vibrant and accessible, this is an unusually happy combination: a successful stimulant and a wholly satisfying performance.

Author Biography

Neil Rollinson is the author of Demolition and A Spillage of Mercury.

Table of Contents

The Penalty	p. 1
The Red Line	p. 2
My Wives	p. 3
Fruit	p. 4
Constellations	p. 5
Neil Rollinson (1960-)	p. 6
The Ship	p. 7
The Drink	p. 8
Featherlite	p. 9
A Big Mac And Fries	p. 10
Pudding	p. 11
Landlady	p. 13
The Curry House	p. 14
The Semis	p. 16
Masquerade	p. 17
Intruders	p. 18
Calliope	p. 19
The Good Sex Guide	p. 20
French	p. 21
The Late Show	p. 22
The A-Z of Statuary	p. 23
The Mile-High Club	p. 24
A Poem about Golf, Dave	p. 27
Entropy	p. 28
Half-Life	p. 29
In the Bath	p. 30
Hair of the Dog	p. 31
Threesome	p. 32
East Dulwich	p. 33
A Tin Church	p. 34
On Safari	p. 35
White Christmas	p. 36
Santa Claus as Macroscopic Quantum Object Delivers his Presents on Time	p. 38
No Network Coverage	p. 39
Helpline	p. 40
The Mechanic	p. 41
Dreamtime	p. 42
Open All Night	p. 43
Big in Japan	p. 44
Long Exposure	p. 45
Deep-Third-Man	p. 46
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