{"product_id":"words-of-mercury-9781848619067","title":"Words of Mercury","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his fourth collection from Shearsman Books, Alasdair Paterson ranges as widely as ever - from the bewilderments of a Scottish childhood to the mixed messages of later life, from gnarly nature notes to an A-Z of lines salvaged from lost Russian novels. The spirit of Mercury - bringer of messages, patron of tricksters, keeper and crosser of boundaries - hovers invisibly and a tad unreliably overhead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritical responses - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You can take the boy out of Leith but seemingly you can't stop him writing poems about it. Take a telling, pal!\" -Leith Literary Gazette\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this latest brazen provocation, the great Russian literary tradition is alphabetically disrespected. Needless to say, there will be consequences...\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Kamchatka Hints and Tips\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Here's a city boy's take on the glories of the natural world. On the evidence of this, we have to ask: Mr Paterson, did you ever stand in a field of cows with the wind in your face?\" -Forfar Farmer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Shearsman Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50459240268050,"sku":"9781848619067","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_456f8c3e-a70b-430a-bfcd-91f358005ab7.jpg?v=1729979612","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/words-of-mercury-9781848619067","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}