- Paperback: 207 pages
- Publisher: UKA Press; 1 edition (1 Jan 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1904781454
- ISBN-13: 978-1904781455
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 14 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,864,286 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Ronnie Goodyer, 2004
"Stone. He travelled surreal pathways and painted visceral pictures so that you could stroke the canvas."
Patrick B. Osada, Reach Magazine, February 2005
"A Miracle! The dead boy lives!... Stone has clearly made an impact with this precocious and playful collection."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
When is a tragedy not quite such a tragedy? When the death of the author produces a collection of such alarming quality as this. Mary Read, Stone's biographer, introduces to this posthumous selection of enfant terrible Stone's best work, from his early writing until his car crash death at just 21.
With a focus on historical figures such as Caligula, many strong motifs seem to run through Jon Stone's work. His fascination with tyrants and displacement, coupled with a dark, sexual humour and subversion, indicate a someone who almost knew that he was going to die young, and that he had better make the most of it and take a sip from every appealing cup along the way.
Particular highlights include the wistful "Raggo", the cryptic "Have Mercy" and the yearning "High Swifts." It seems this poet has been influenced by others like Ted Hughes in his love of wildlife, and by a wide range of others one can only guess at. I suspect Leonard Cohen might have snuck in there, too.
Overall, a wild and ragged ride through what seems to have been a prolific life lived in bursts of breakneck speed. Stone takes us along with him wherever he goes, pointing out the shapes in the tea leaves before we throw them away. I recommend this collection. Dip into it when you get bored of life and try on Stone's gloves. Just try not to die young. God knows how he'll manage a sequel.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
The Death of a Showman
9 Dec 2004
Format:Paperback
When is a tragedy not quite such a tragedy? When the death of the author produces a collection of such alarming quality as this. Mary Read, Stone's biographer, introduces to this posthumous selection of enfant terrible Stone's best work, from his early writing until his car crash death at just 21.
With a focus on historical figures such as Caligula, many strong motifs seem to run through Jon Stone's work. His fascination with tyrants and displacement, coupled with a dark, sexual humour and subversion, indicate a someone who almost knew that he was going to die young, and that he had better make the most of it and take a sip from every appealing cup along the way.
Particular highlights include the wistful "Raggo", the cryptic "Have Mercy" and the yearning "High Swifts." It seems this poet has been influenced by others like Ted Hughes in his love of wildlife, and by a wide range of others one can only guess at. I suspect Leonard Cohen might have snuck in there, too.
Overall, a wild and ragged ride through what seems to have been a prolific life lived in bursts of breakneck speed. Stone takes us along with him wherever he goes, pointing out the shapes in the tea leaves before we throw them away. I recommend this collection. Dip into it when you get bored of life and try on Stone's gloves. Just try not to die young. God knows how he'll manage a sequel.
With a focus on historical figures such as Caligula, many strong motifs seem to run through Jon Stone's work. His fascination with tyrants and displacement, coupled with a dark, sexual humour and subversion, indicate a someone who almost knew that he was going to die young, and that he had better make the most of it and take a sip from every appealing cup along the way.
Particular highlights include the wistful "Raggo", the cryptic "Have Mercy" and the yearning "High Swifts." It seems this poet has been influenced by others like Ted Hughes in his love of wildlife, and by a wide range of others one can only guess at. I suspect Leonard Cohen might have snuck in there, too.
Overall, a wild and ragged ride through what seems to have been a prolific life lived in bursts of breakneck speed. Stone takes us along with him wherever he goes, pointing out the shapes in the tea leaves before we throw them away. I recommend this collection. Dip into it when you get bored of life and try on Stone's gloves. Just try not to die young. God knows how he'll manage a sequel.
I've met the man
30 April 2006
Format:Paperback
The funny thing about the other review is that I know that Jon Stone is not dead, but healthy and working in an insurance office in Norwich, UK. He wrote the intro and biography by Mary Reed which is rather fictitious. But the poetry is rather good, a graduate of the UEA Creative Writing program and former president of the Creative Writing society, of which I have been a member. He's a slight man with a soul patch and a halting way of speaking which betrays an emphasis and a thought put into every word he speaks. He's surprisingly good at poker too.
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