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Last Stop, Lonesome Town

by (author) Tara Azzopardi

Publisher
Mansfield Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2015
Category
Canadian, General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781771261012
    Publish Date
    Oct 2015
    List Price
    $17

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Description

In this quirky and beautiful vaudevillian debut, Tara Azzopardi employs sharp social observation and a pop-culture universe from the past and present to explore the struggles we face in constructing our own identities, both public and private. Whether she's dating Caspar the Friendly Ghost, observing Agatha Christie in Giza, fleeing Albania in 1925, or walking the corridors of Alcatraz in 1962, Azzopardi consistently has an eye for the offbeat, the macabre, and the slapstick. Be prepared to leave all expectations behind when you enter the carnivalesque world of Last Stop, Lonesome Town.

About the author

Tara Azzopardi's poetry has appeared in the anthologies Surreal Estate (The Mercury Press), Rogue Stimulus (Mansfield Press) and the magazines Kiss Machine, Catch A Falling Star and Perpetual Motion Machine. A bass player and singer, she has played with country band The Pining and heavy psych/metal outfit Desert Meditator. Tara worked in a slew of independent video stores, where most of her influences come from. Born in Etobicoke, she lives in Peterborough.

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