Good Business - Softcover

Wedde, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1869404424 ISBN 13: 9781869404420

Publisher: Auckland University Press, 2010

Synopsis

From jaunty and self-deprecating to serious and nostalgic, the poems in this collection paint a vivid portrait of Wellington businesses and institutions. Quietly hilarious, the verse captures the essence of Toyota, Tony’s Tyre Service, Metalworx Engineering, Wellington Scrap Metal, the KFC on the corner of Pirie Street, and the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. At the heart of this collection are three stunning sequences: an ode to walking the streets of Wellington, a gathering of surreal and quirky moments, and a lyrical approach to the author’s travels from Bangladesh to the south of France. Playing with the contrasts of light and dark and dawn to dusk, this compendium also explores the balance between departures and arrivals as well as the seen and unseen.

About this title

About the Author:

Ian Wedde has been featured in Freed and Landfall. He is a recipient of the Book Award for Fiction and the NZ Book Award for Poetry. He is the author of The Commonplace Odes, Dick Seddon's Great Dive, Spells for Coming Out, and Three Regrets and a Hymn to Beauty.

About this edition

• Publisher: Auckland University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1869404424
• ISBN 13: 9781869404420
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 72