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The octopus game
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The octopus game / Nicky Beer.
ISBN
0887485936 (pbk.)
9780887485930 (pbk.)
Publication
Pittsburgh : Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2015.
Physical Description
75 pages ; 22 cm.
Local Notes
BEIN Zac B398 Oc7 2015: Number line on t.p. verso indicates first printing: "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1." Paperbound.
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Poems.
Summary
Highly intelligent and a master of camouflage, the octopus is a creature destined to thrive in the poetic ecosystem. In The Octopus Game, the figure of the octopus shape-shifts and reinvents itself throughout ocean depths, tide pools, aquariums, gardens, movies, pulp novels, fine art, and nightmares. Nicky Beer acts as the strange documentarian recording the bizarre, beautiful, and disturbing habits of creatures for whom subterfuge and mimicry are a means of survival.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 27, 2015
Series
Carnegie Mellon Poetry
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