On Purpose - by Nick Laird (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Laird's ear for 'smallish lexical mercies' yields superb lines."--Stephen Burt, <em>New York Times Book Review</em><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><em>On Purpose</em> examines the often brutal arena of human relations. Informed by both wit and a melancholic undercurrent, the book thoughtfully provokes concepts of happiness and sadness, of warring and reparation. The volume concludes with an affecting sequence about a marriage, inspired by that most influential of military treatises, <em>The Art of War</em>.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>The dense purity of the language recalls the unflinching confessional mode of Robert Lowell and the tender Hughes of <em>Birthday Letters</em>.-- "Time Out London"<br><br>One of the most memorable meditations on love and marriage in contemporary literature. These 65 pages will knock you flat.--Dave Eggers, author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius<br>
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