{"product_id":"boss-cupid-paperback","title":"Boss Cupid - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThom Gunn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA great poet's freshest, most provocative book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe dreams at the center of a closed system, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLike the prison system, or a system of love, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere folktale, recipe, and household custom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRefer back to the maze that they are of.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--from A System: PCP, or Angel Dust \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaste and appetite are contraposed in \u003ci\u003eBoss Cupid\u003c\/i\u003e, the twelfth book of poems by the quintessential San Francisco poet, who is also the quintessential craftsman and quintessentially a love poet, though not of quintessential love.Variations on how we are ruled by our desires, these poems make a startling and eloquent gloss on wanton want, moving freely from the story of King David and Bathsheba to Arthur Rimbaud's diet to the tastes of Jeffrey Dahmer. As warm and intelligent as it is ribald and cunning, this collection of Thom Gunn's is his richest yet.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThom Gunn\u003c\/b\u003e, born in 1929, has received many awards, most recently a Lila Acheson Wallace\/Reader's Digest Fellowship and a MacArthur Fellowship. His works include \u003ci\u003eThe Man with Night Sweats\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.22 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 29, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Triangle Awards (2001)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134132031623,"sku":"9780374527716","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/aadef4c4b65973f1b98b0af5fb35494d.webp?v=1732639330","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/boss-cupid-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}