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New Humorous Fiction From Tara West: POETS ARE EATEN AS A DELICACY IN JAPAN
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Poets are Eaten as a Delicacy in Japan by Tara West:
It’s the ‘what ifs?’ that keep thirty-something Tommie Shaw awake at night. Well, mostly it’s her big housemate Blob, a morbidly obese actor and Morrissey impersonator, who keeps her awake as he vogues around their shabby kitchen. But the ‘what ifs?’ are definitely up there.
What if her mother’s sensational and soon-to-be-released memoirs air all of Tommie’s sad and sordid laundry? What if she can’t save her beleaguered colleagues’ jobs when she’s hit with an unwelcome promotion? What if Gluteus Maximus’s wife learns of their affair? What if Blob finds out he didn’t win the role in the TV ad through his ‘enormous’ talent, but through her influence? And what if her depression comes back?
After fifteen years in a walking coma, life comes looking for Tommie Shaw – but as the pressure mounts, can her artistic soul take the heat? Fresh, highly original, and darkly funny, Poets is a subtle, bittersweet account of one woman’s struggle to stop falling apart.
Poets Are Eaten as a Delicacy in Japan is Tara West’s second novel. Her first novel, Fodder, was published by Blackstaff Press in the UK to widespread critical acclaim, and established her reputation as a fresh and original Irish writer. Tara lives in Northern Ireland and works in advertising. She insists that no poets were harmed in the writing of this novel although, she says, that depends on your definition of harmed…
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