{"product_id":"9780864925138","title":"I \u0026 I","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Finalist, Dartmouth Book Award \u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Finalist, Acorn-Plantos Award for People\u0026amp;#8217;s Poetry \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;In the \u0026amp;#8220;Boogie Nights\u0026amp;#8221; era of the 1970s, Betty Browning and her lover, boxer Malcolm Miles, travel from the fog-anchored grime of Halifax, Nova Scotia, to sunburnt Corpus Christi, Texas, and back \u0026amp;#8212; meeting tragedy and bloodshed along the way. \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;I \u0026amp;#38; I\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; smoulders with love, lust, violence, and the excruciating repercussions of racism, sexism, and disgust. Rastafarian for \u0026amp;#8220;you and me,\u0026amp;#8221; \u0026amp;#8220;I \u0026amp;#38; I\u0026amp;#8221; expresses the oneness of God and man, the oneness of two people or the distinction between body and spirit.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;In George Elliott Clarke\u0026amp;#8217;s hands, this existential aesthetic crystallizes in a love story of Gothic grit. The narrative gives this verse novel shape; the poetry makes it sing, straddling folk ballad, soul, and pop music, all the while moaning the blues.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;","brand":"Goose Lane Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65420097945949,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/9780864925138","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}