{"product_id":"an-arbitrary-light-bulb-9781035033201b","title":"An Arbitrary Light Bulb","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eA \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eTelegraph \u003c\/span\u003ePoetry Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA Poetry Book Society Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eAn Arbitrary Light Bulb\u003c\/span\u003e is Ian Duhig’s most personal collection of poems to date. It takes its title from the most common type of household bulb – yet one whose name is virtually unknown, like many people these poems celebrate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuhig finds in the arbitrary an image for the randomness of inspiration and of life, haunted here by deaths of family and friends. He laments the lost but also responds to the glories of our existence, especially among the overlooked, with humour, technical variety and contagious pleasure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStarting out from ‘contrary Leeds’, his home for half a century, Duhig’s poems roam widely through history, art-forms, loves and injustices, fired by the desire to share it all with his readers: knowledge, joy, anger and wonder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'Multifarious and maverick, deeply personal and political, Duhig’s poetic vision alchemises the heart and mind. This is a brilliant collection from a balladeer of our times, a poet who stands for the people, always with a sense of compassion, humility and wry humour' Jennifer Lee Tsai, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'\"Accessible complexity\" is not an oxymoron in Duhig's work . . . This [is] Duhig's most moving book, full of memorable poetry not just of skill but of heart' – Graeme Richardson, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42871186751568,"sku":"9781035033201B","price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781035033201-l.jpg?v=1785884983","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/an-arbitrary-light-bulb-9781035033201b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}