{"product_id":"9781780371917","title":"I May Be Stupid But I'm Not That Stupid by Selima Hill","description":"I May Be Stupid But I'm Not That Stupid brings together six contrasting but complementary poem sequences by `this brilliant lyricist of human darkness' (Fiona Sampson) relating to family, fear, foreboding and felicity. Elective Mute is about autism and happiness; My Mother and Me on the Eve of the Chess Championships, about a mother who prefers lettuces to life; Fishtank (Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice), about a brother who is somebody else; Lambchop, about a creepy old man; The Boxer Klitschko, on finding refuge with swimming, dogs and a jovial uncle; and Helpless with Laughter, on what the parts of the body have to say about themselves. Like all of Selima Hill's work, all six sequences in the book chart `extreme experience with a dazzling excess' (Deryn Rees-Jones), with startling humour and surprising combinations of homely and outlandish..\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56304189112693,"sku":"9781780371917","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781780371917.jpg?v=1762795520","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781780371917","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}