{"product_id":"windfall-by-greg-mclaren-9781925780130","title":"Windfall","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his sixth book, Greg McLaren finds his stories in those of others, and others' in his. These poems seek, suspect, and deepen connection; they nod, wink, and pay, in nearly equal parts, homage and fromage. While \u003ci\u003eWindfall\u003c\/i\u003e includes responses and asides to, and satires of, contemporary writers, it also sees McLaren further exploring his interest in classical Chinese poetry. He takes these poets for a drive through new contexts, reimagining their poems, eking out connection across culture, history, experience, and space into a voice that is shared and his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a refinement of McLaren's poetic signatures - avian life, creative palimpsest and homage, the mythic melancholy of the Hunter Region and Sydney's inner west, laconic absurdity - to a new level. There is mastery in his fringing of gothic moods with dry humour, and his ability to go to the edge of self-questioning but always return with some awkward blossom or shiny bottletop.\u003c\/b\u003e - Bonny Cassidy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvery poet is a scavenging bird, but few have a beak as sharp as McLaren's. This book is a clean forage through seasons and our social world. He picks at place and culture, as well as the poetry landscape, with skilled variation and departure. If you took a road trip with McLaren nothing would escape him, not even a falling feather.\u003c\/b\u003e - Nathan Curnow\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47433330295020,"sku":"9781925780130","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781925780130.jpg?v=1774765142","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/windfall-by-greg-mclaren-9781925780130","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}