{"product_id":"caravaggios-dagger-hendrik-slegtenhorst-9781771800150","title":"Caravaggio's Dagger: A Pursuit of Right Action","description":"Many come to evil; many others search for a different way to be. Animated by the work of Caravaggio, Hendrik Slegtenhorst's poems inquire, what is a pursuit of right action? Caravaggio, the murderous, brilliant 16th-century painter, depicted the decapitation of John the Baptist at the moment the act is botched: jugular severed, head attached, the saint in agony - an exemplification of humanity's predilections. Early on, Slegtenhorst accepted Somerset Maugham's admonition of the error of adopting a course of action thought to be right, even though we knew it could not bring us happiness, ever. This is the central theme to Caravaggio's Dagger, a distillation of poems from several earlier books that measures aspects of the author's own life and awareness as a distinct individual animated by Canada and culture and guided by integrity and reason.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hendrik Slegtenhorst\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771800151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771800150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Iguana Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Hendrik Slegtenhorst","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44181339341055,"sku":"9781771800150","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b34d53cb-981b-45e8-af8a-83dc8a0baf76.jpg?v=1690259914","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/caravaggios-dagger-hendrik-slegtenhorst-9781771800150","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}