{"product_id":"9781776712304","title":"Portrait","description":"\u003cp\u003eFunerals happen. You walk past one and call it a Tuesdayafternoon; the sun comes down. This is how it happens.   A crowd gathers like black water, the mind forgets the mind, memories come knocking in the hallway, a pair of hands perfect the moon:�Portrait�is the debut poetry collection by Jackson McCarthy. Desire, time, vision, beauty, and solitude count among this collection's obsessions - obsessions rendered with such close-up intensity that even Death seems to reverse or suspend its trajectory. Interrupting this lyrical streak, we hear from a narrator whose tragicomic dedication to art over life results in fraught, surreal misunderstandings of the world around him.�Portrait, too, is invested in its own artfulness. Playing with layers of voice and identity, these poems appear to paint portraits of their subjects - but do so blending observation with invention, memory with deep fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookmonger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":59810629648718,"sku":"9781776712304","price":12.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0874\/5795\/6174\/files\/9781776712304.jpg?v=1780660554","url":"https:\/\/thebookmongerbearsden.co.uk\/products\/9781776712304","provider":"The Bookmonger","version":"1.0","type":"link"}