{ "item_title" : "Fall Guy", "item_author" : [" Gerry Murphy "], "item_description" : "Religious belief and religious practice, the blindness of absolute faith, and, in its many and various incarnations, the fall from grace - all find their way into the latest collection of poems by Cork-born Gerry Murphy, a poet of wit and irreverence whose stunning frame of reference (from world classics, to history and politics, to the work of his fellow poets) masks a shallow, smart-alecky, throwaway cynicism (Eh, hang on, maybe that should be the other way around - Ed.) Fall Guy, as perhaps all poetry books should, ends with a nod to Beckett and starts with a bang on the head.Murphy's hilarious existential angst seems more relevant than ever during lockdown.-Martina Evans, The Irish Times... a thrilling and provocative master of poetic monologue and social commentary. - Thomas McCarthy... a great maverick genius of a poet. - Brendan O'Connor, Sunday Independent", "item_img_path" : "https://covers2.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/91/562/959/1915629594_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "13.50", "online_price" : "13.50", "our_price" : "13.50", "club_price" : "13.50", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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