The Slip

Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Title:The SlipISBN13:9781848617216ISBN10:1848617216Author:Perril, Simon (Author)Description:The Slip Is The Final Volume Of Perril’s Trilogy Excavating The Crime Scene At The Centre Of Archaic Lyric We Can’t Know Whether Ancient Greece’s First Lyric Poet Archilochus ‘Really’ Used His Iambic Prowess To Curse Lycambes’ Family To Its Grave For A Broken Marriage Oath But Neither Can We Doubt That His Poetic Legacy, In Antiquity And Beyond, Was A By-Word For Judgements Over The Acceptability, Or Otherwise, Of Indulgence In Poetic Harm; Just As The Literary Form Of Iambic He Is Famous For Initiating Is A Locus Of Ethical Crises The Slip Is Steeped In The Animal Fables Within The Surviving Fragments Of Archilochus, Pre-Aesopical Ainos That Were Likely Stock Elements Of Iambic Verse Most Famous Are The Sequence Of Fragments In Which The Fox Recounts His Revenge Upon The Eagle (Widely Regarded As Code For Lycambes) Who Has Betrayed Their Friendship By Eating The Vixen’s Cubs The Fox Curses The Eagle And Appeals To Zeus To Intervene And Bring Justice To Bear; The Greedy Eagle Steals Meat From A Sacrificial Altar Only To Have It Burn Down His Nest And Cause Its Young To Fall Out Into The Jaws Of Its Vulpine Rival So, Here Are The Last Steps Of The ‘Wolf Walker’ Lycambes, Undergoing His Curse In The Dog Days Of Summer On The Cusp Of Following The Death Of His Daughters With His Own, And Reminiscing Central To This Reminiscence Are The Early Expeditions To Colonise Thasos He Undertook With Telesicles, Archilochus’s Father, And That Doubtless Confirmed, If Not Established, The Bond Between The Families That He Shatters In Breaking His Oath In Pottery, The Slip Is A Liquified Suspension Of Clay In Water And Was Painted Onto The Areas Of Ancient Pots Intended To Emerge Black In The Firing Process Needless To Say, Notions Of The Slip Also Encompass All Manner Of Acts Of Evasion, Disguise, And The Tying Of A Noose Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:SHEARSMAN BOOKSPublication Date:2020-09-18Weight:0.29 lbsDimensions:0.23” H x 8.5” L x 5.51” WNumber of Pages:98Language:English

Side Slip

Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Title:Side SlipISBN13:9781542929363ISBN10:1542929369Author:Fuller, Mike (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) – Stuck In Paradise And He Isn’t Very Happy About It Even The Beautiful Lady Detective That Gunned Down The Man Trying To Kill Them Both Can’t Get Him To Stay Corporal Sam Deland Wants Out Back To Work Leading His Squad Of State Troopers And Home Where He Can Take Up The Life He Had To Put On Hold But Sam Isn’t The Only One Wanting Him To Return The Woman He Left Behind Is Waiting For Him And So Is The Russian Mob Sam’s Past Is Catching Up With Him, And He Doesn’t See It Coming, Yet Detective Christie O’shea, The Pretty Florida Cop That Nursed Sam Back To Health Won’t Have The Time To Miss Him When He’s Gone Murder Is What She’s Paid To Solve, And She Has To Go After A Killer That Has Sent Shock Waves Deep Into The Police Community Around Her A Triple Play Of Heart Stopping And Heart Warming Suspense, Action And Life As Sam, His Troopers And Christie All Find They Are In The Middle Of Murders And Mobsters A Story That Twists And Turns Through The Investigations And The Lives Of Characters You Will Grow To Know, To Cheer And To Fear Sharp Dialogue, Real Characters And Enough Drama, Humor And Mystery To Keep The Reader Up Late Not Ready To Put It Down Yet Another Thrilling Sam Deland Crime Novel From The Author Of Sink Rate And Robe Break Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2017-02-03Weight:0.61 lbsDimensions:0.43” H x 9.02” L x 5.98” WNumber of Pages:202Language:English

Slipping

Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Title:SlippingISBN13:9781628971712ISBN10:1628971711Author:Toomey, John (Author)Description:When Albert Jackson, A Middle-Aged School Teacher, Catches A Glimpse Of The Infinite Universe And His Own Tiny Insignificance He Cannot Shake Himself Free Of Regret For A Life All But Squandered In A Blind And Demented Attempt To Salvage Something From His Life, He Sets Off, Half-Lucidly, On A Libertine Mission To Reclaim Life, To Live It Exclusively On His Terms But The Wild And Sinister Crime He Plots, So Characterised By Delusion, Sets Him On A Path To Irreversible Destruction Incarcerated After His Crime, At The Once Prestigious Reil Institute, And In A Bid To Make Spiritual And Cosmic Amends, Albert Jackson Employs The Guile Of A Local Novelist, Charlie Vaughan, To Tell His Story In The Telling Of Albert’s Story, Charlie Drives The Narrative Onward And Backward, Forcing Albert To Confront The Horrors Of His Crime When The Inadequacy Of Albert’s Initial Confession Forces Charlie To Search Further Afield, He Must Cede Control Of The Narrative To A Range Of Other Narrators Too, Among Them Key Witnesses To The Events Leading Up To Albert’s Crime And A Strange Third-Person Account Composed By Albert Himself Slipping Is A Darkly Humorous Novel About Life And Love, Ambition, Bitter Disappointment And The Cost Of Committing The Unforgivable Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Dalkey Archive PressPublication Date:2017-03-24Weight:0.35 lbsDimensions:0.6” H x 8.4” L x 5.5” WNumber of Pages:168Language:English