Profit and Loss
Leontia Flynn
Profit and Loss
In her third collection, Flynn examines and dismantles a fugitive life. The first sequence moves through a series of rooms, reflecting on aspects of the author’s personal and family history. Using the idea of the haunted house or the house with a sealed-off room, and Gothic tropes of madness, doubles, revenants and religious brooding, the poems consider ideas of inheritance and legacy.
3.8 out of 5 based on 3 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Classification |
Fiction |
| Genre |
Poetry |
| Format |
Paperback |
| Pages |
80 |
| RRP |
£10.00 |
| Date of Publication |
September 2011 |
| ISBN |
978-0224093439 |
| Publisher |
Jonathan Cape |
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In her third collection, Flynn examines and dismantles a fugitive life. The first sequence moves through a series of rooms, reflecting on aspects of the author’s personal and family history. Using the idea of the haunted house or the house with a sealed-off room, and Gothic tropes of madness, doubles, revenants and religious brooding, the poems consider ideas of inheritance and legacy.
Reviews
The Guardian
Fran Brearton
"Profit and Loss is a serious book, engaged with the world in which we live; and it is engaging too – thoughtful, prescient and eminently readable. Flynn's humour, her ability to entertain, and her astute powers of observation are wonderful gifts. She is one of the most original and accomplished poets of her generation: her voice is distinctive, and her technique as lightly and deftly carried as her learning."
02/09/2011
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The Independent
Suzi Feay
"Woven throughout is a persistent thread of humour."
28/08/2011
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The Sunday Times
Alan Brownjohn
"There are many gentle pleasures in Profit and Loss, but five mischievous versions of Catullus and poignant family poems such as Colette and My Father’s Language point in a more promising direction."
13/11/2011
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