- Paperback: 104 pages
- Publisher: Cauliay Publishing & Distribution (14 Dec 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0955496454
- ISBN-13: 978-0955496455
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 12.7 x 0.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,770,862 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Buildings In A House Of Fire is the first major collection of work by Glasgow based writer and poet Graham Tiler. It is an astonishingly brutal and honest personal journey concerning the emotional and physical extremes and excesses of life pushed to its limits by a lifestyle that has often embraced a series of emotional and physical addictions. It is deeply rooted in a highly charged Rock 'n' Roll aesthetic and inhabits both the experimental and traditional with a uniquely shewered and individual identity. Idiosyncratic in both style and form with a rich and varied landscape that encompasses everything from the darkly nightmarish struggle with depression to the surreal and meandering thought processes of an anti-authoritarian left-field thinker. This book has an intensely original outlook and is delivered with an individual, exciting new voice.
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THE ANARCHY OF SUBVERSIVE POETRY,
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It's always difficult to compose a review that lets people know exactly what you will find within the covers of a book because such things are incredibly personal from one individual to another - BUT if you are someone who reads, comprehends and enjoys ANY aspect of poetry then you owe it to yourself to purchase a copy of this book to see how an author can actually get across the messages of angst, torment and animation in our modern world!If you cannot find something within this book that resonates with you or the experiences you have had at some time in your life... then, I respectfully suggest that you must either be dead or devoid of any of the desirable aspects of being human. Graham Tiler explores a wide range of emotional responses, especially love lost - found - and lamented... if you've never experienced any of these feelings then you have my sympathy... if you have, then you will find a new perspective, a familiar resonance and even pleasure in someone else's misery and sometimes an amusing, wry, reflection that might make the next bitter taste just a little more palatable. From 'DADA' like pieces of a few lines to extensive works that encompass flashes of Burroughs, John Cooper Clarke and even hints of The Sex Pistols - it would be a harsh critic who could not find something to appeal and captivate them within 'Buildings In A House Of Fire' [and if not a harsh critic, then perhaps someone who has yet to venture out into the world and live for the first time]. A major standout piece is 'More Dream Sinister' which drags the reader on a bizarre, fascinating journey filled with uncanny imagery and prose like gems that automatically flash images into your head like the best David Lynch film you have yet to see or imagine in your darkest moments of introspection. I could point out why you will, why you should and why you can only enjoy this work... but then, why should I? If you can't risk less than a tenner to experience something new, fresh and vital then pop down to the pub or switch on your TV and drift back into the same sleepwalk pattern that defines your everyday life and each breath you take... but for the imaginative and stimulation hungry people who want more from their waking hours - I simply say "BUY IT" because it will not disappoint you or those you will end up buying a copy for as a means of waking them from the sleepy trance that defines their bookshelf! If you enjoy this literary work as much as I have, just spread the word rather than sending me thanks or large checks for tipping you to something it will take a while for The Sunday Times to get to grips with - be a part of The Last Generation rather than another casualty of The Lost Generation!
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Glasgow's Rock and Roll Poet,
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It kicks, it screams, it shouts, it rocks and provides a blast of poetry punk to the TV pickled masses. Graham dives into the abyss, finds friends and commonalities, ponders the pleasure principle and faces the burning blast of broken love. Heroic and archaic imagery combine with acerbic wit and the modern idiom to re-vitalise the experience of reading poetry for pleasure. Feed your soul and imagination and buy this book now.
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A Collection of Poems, a collection of Art,
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Buildings In A House Of Fire is a work of art. When when people read Graham Tiler's poetry, they have to talk about it. Either to discuss the content and try and discover what is really being wrote about, or just to share with other people the fantastic words that the poet has put together.I have had the book for a few weeks now, and like studying a painted art-piece, I have had to go back and revisit the work. I came to appreciate Poetry when I studied English literature at A'Level, and absolutley loved to disect a poem line by line and eke meaning from the words, and formations of the poems themselves. It has been many years since I have had the opportunity to do this, as I fell in love with traditional heart-on-your-sleeve-tell-it-like-it-is poetry, which didnt need disecting or analyzing, but was beautifil none-the-less. Now with Buildings In A House Of Fire I can indulge in this once more. I can surely see Tiler's work appearing on an A'Level syllabus in the future, and the students who studied it would very extremely lucky. His words have deep meaning, and I cannot feign that I know what the meanings are, and to spend one day in Tiler's creative mind would be a privalege. If I can share with you my favourite poems from your book so far: Make Good The Promise The Final Day Of Reckoning It Has Been Sometime I will be reading this book for a long time into the future, and lets hope there's another on the way.
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