{"product_id":"the-humours-of-nothingness-gerry-murphy-9781910251652","title":"The Humours of Nothingness","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the opening poem in which he recognises himself \"raving blessedly\/ between truth and delusion\", to the closing poem's return to \"something new and strange: \/ yourself, again\", in his latest book Cork's uncrowned poet laureate explores, confronts, ventriloquizes, indulges and, at every available opportunity, undermines the very notion of the self engaged in a writing life - even as he takes on the duties of that calling with total committment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once hilarious and melancholy, earnest and throwaway, the poems in The Humours of Nothingness take nothing for granted - least of all the power of humour in the entirely serious business of staying sane.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerry Murphy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1910251658\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781910251652\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dedalus Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.38d","brand":"Gerry Murphy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44074104488191,"sku":"9781910251652","price":23.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_01749167-83ce-4113-898c-2d80a1206f61.jpg?v=1685451806","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-humours-of-nothingness-gerry-murphy-9781910251652","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}