{"product_id":"9781907676932","title":"The Flechitorium: Ballads, Gaitherins, a Legend and a Tale from the fowk's Republic of Fife","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Flechitorium\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'The Flechitorium\u003c\/i\u003e presents an enormous range of subject matters, forms, styles and language but all of them are lynch-pinned by the author's deep and sometimes ambivalent relationship with his native Fife ... But what is a \"Flechitorium\"? You'll have to read the poem therein to find out, dear reader, but be careful\u003cbr\u003e- this is a collect on with a real bite to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'On the bill in this particular \u003ci\u003eFlechitorium\u003c\/i\u003e are a fistul of narrative ballads, historical and humorous to get us of to a flier. Then the mood changes and becomes more reflective and sombre ... That old Scottish literary tradition of flyting is resumed and developed in the contretemps between the allegorical squirrel and the peacock in Dunfermline Glen ....\u003cbr\u003eAnd as a bonus, the gathering of braw poems is enhanced by a sulfurous tale to conclude - though one more RLS than\u003cbr\u003eHammer House of Horror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe Flechitorium\u003c\/i\u003e is a delicious Fife broth or even Langtoun bouillabaisse ... with its many hints and references to other literary cuisines beyond Fife and Scotland. At times it is funny,\u003cbr\u003eat others serious, it is always humane in its span of concerns from bawdy to spiritual yet the poems are crafted to address and engage intellectually as well as emotionally. Whether supped with short or lang spuin it will satisfy all tastes.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Preface by William Hershaw\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grace Note Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47064574329072,"sku":"9781907676932","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781907676932_p0.jpg?v=1763618858","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781907676932","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}