{"product_id":"slug-the-sunday-times-bestseller","title":"Slug: The Sunday Times Bestseller","description":"Product Description\n\n\nTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'An intoxicating mixture of poetry and prose, Slug is a taboo-busting delight' SCOTSMAN 'One of the best poets we have' MATT HAIG 'She writes with honesty, conviction, humour and love' KAE TEMPESTThe new collection of poetry and prose from the Ted Hughes Award-winning author of Nobody Told MeFrom Finnish saunas and soppy otters to grief, grandparents and Kellogg's anti-masturbation pants, Slug is a book which holds a mirror lovingly up to the world, past and present, through Hollie's driving, funny, hopeful poetry and prose. Slug is about the human condition: of birth and death and how we manage the possibilities in between.'The inimitable words of poet\/goddess Hollie McNish once again hold up honest, damn funny and refreshing takes on the everydayness of our lives . . . Never have we needed her more' STYLIST'Hollie always articulates exactly how I feel' CHARLY COX'A tribute to life itself' RED\n\n\nReview\n\n\nPiercing poetry . . . This is exactly what we all need. The inimitable words of poet\/goddess\nHollie McNish once again holds up honest, damn funny and refreshing takes on the everydayness of our lives: the social demands, sex and orgasms, our bodies, judgement from friends (and ourselves). Never have we needed her more -- Francesca Brown ―\nStylist\n\n\nAn intoxicating mixture of poetry and prose, [Slug] is a taboo-busting \ndelight . . . McNish's poems are\ndirect, comic, tragic, warm, thought-provoking and often come with a sting in the tale, but her prose also flows off the page like red wine freely swilled with friends on a night out, or in . . . McNish effortlessly navigates the bitter and sweet throughout . . . There is an articulate approachability to all her writing . . . She is clear-sighted on why we need to talk about menstruation, masturbation and all sorts of gender and race inequalities, normalising these normal topics . . .\nMcNish is eminently readable and relatable because she is both fallible and fascinating -- Fiona Shepherd ―\nScotsman\n\nI love Hollie's poems. There is such\nraw honesty and warmth and often humour within them.\nShe is one of the best poets we have -- Matt Haig\n\nMcNish has a striking capacity for intimacy in places least expected. There are no tricks in her work, except like all the best magicians and wordsmiths, I can see what she's doing but not how she did it.\nThe poetry world needs a Tracey Emin like the art world did. It's Hollie McNish -- Lemn Sissay\n\n\nNo one blends honesty, humour and humanity quite like poet and author \nHollie McNish . . . Mixing prose and poetry, it's an insight into McNish's mind, spanning topics from motherhood to masturbation. We love this reminder to stuff our lives full of joy while we can;\na tribute to life itself ―\nRed Magazine\n\n\nFunny, true, loving and \nlethal, Hollie McNish's new collection\nSlug is \na total joy ―\nStylist\n\nAs I read every few pages of Hollie McNish's delightful new book, I was smiling, teeth out . . . .\nSlug is a sparkling mix of memoir, poetry, essays and short stories . . .\nReading her feels like the relief you get when somebody else hears your most private worries and says: me too. She backs it all up with science, intimate confessions and wicked one-liners -- Helen Brown ―\nTelegraph\n\n\nI've loved her work for years -- Jo Brand\n\nA new collection from the\nexciting and divisive Ted Hughes Award winning poet and author of\nNobody Told \nMe. This time\nshe's tackling birth, death and female body parts with her characteristic confrontational gaze -- Claire Allfree ―\nMetro (Ten gripping books to look out for in 2021)\n\n\nFor everyday pick-me-ups, rages, frustrations, joy and belly laughs, Hollie McNish's books of poetry and essays are best kept on your bedside table to break open as required . . . Laugh-out-loud funny - keep it close ―\nStylist\n\n\nGloriously earthy and accessible, McNish's mash-up of prose and poetry covers the modern female condition with\nlashings of wit, intelligence and irreverent wisdom ―\nWater","brand":"Fleet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39660736905301,"sku":"9780349726359N","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/92e11a1c-cc14-497e-ad52-e84af4ab992e.jpg?v=1644283043","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/slug-the-sunday-times-bestseller","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}