{"product_id":"where-i-slept","title":"Where I Slept","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003eSecond Hand\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcellent Condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA striking, lyrical work of autofiction that follows a struggling artist living on the margins in 1990s Melbourne.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen he asks what kind of work I do, I tell him I am a poet.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Poetry will break your heart,' he says.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Or, perhaps it is the only thing that won't,' I say.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this startling work of autofiction the unnamed narrator plunges us headlong into 1990s Melbourne bohemia - a  whirlwind of friends and strangers, decadence and despair, sex and drugs - through the places she slept - a boarding house with drug-addled landlord, share houses of aspiring artists and petty criminals, and roughing it on the streets.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShe lives for poetry and hungers for beauty, purpose and a place to anchor herself. Her voice is ironic, deadpan and darkly comic, an Artline marker her weapon of choice in expressing her presence in a city both richly accommodating and indifferent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLibby Angel's brilliant new work is filled with characters you'll wish you knew and those you're glad you don't. Where I Slept is an unforgettable portrait of a life on the fringes, a poem of longing and desire.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Libby Angel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43169470415017,"sku":"","price":12.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/angel_9bd6a077-49ff-4504-83be-05bc674cd14a.jpg?v=1691031836","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/where-i-slept","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}