{"product_id":"hail-the-invisible-watchman-alexandra-oliver-9781771964715","title":"Hail, the Invisible Watchman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA CBC Best Poetry Book of 2022\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eHail, The Invisible Watchman\u003c\/em\u003e is haunted poetry--Oliver's formal schemes are as tidy as a picket-fence and as suggestive; behind the charm of rhyme is a vibrant, dark exploration of domestic and social alienation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poems in \u003cem\u003eHail, the Invisible Watchman\u003c\/em\u003e are as tidy as a picket-fence--and as suggestive. Behind the charms of iambs lurks a dark exploration of domestic and social alienation. Metered rhyme sets the tone like a chilling piano score as insidiousness creeps into the neighbourhood. A spectral narrator surveils social gatherings in the town of Sherbet Lake; community members chime in, each revealing their various troubles and hypocrisies; an eerie reimagining of an Ethel Wilson novel follows a young woman into a taboo friendship with an enigmatic divorc馥. In taut poetic structures across three succinct sections, Alexandra Oliver's conflation of the mundane and the phantasmagoric produces a scintillating portrait of the suburban uncanny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexandra Oliver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771964715\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771964715\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Biblioasis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.30w x 0.40d","brand":"Alexandra Oliver","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059073806591,"sku":"9781771964715","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_836deeda-b50d-4c98-b4cb-52dda488cfe0.jpg?v=1685056083","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hail-the-invisible-watchman-alexandra-oliver-9781771964715","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}