{"product_id":"lines-off","title":"Lines Off","description":"‘Lines off’ is a term used for lines spoken from the wings of a theatre, or off-camera in a film. It was while Hugo Williams was out of circulation following transplant surgery that he wrote the poems for this new collection – the first since \u003ci\u003eI Knew the Bride\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), shortlisted for the Forward and T. S. Eliot prizes. From youthful days ‘upside down in the Crazy Room, \/ rising and falling on the Haunted Swing’, he takes us to distant countries, both actual and metaphorical; participates in the ‘mortal pantomime’ of the hospital ward with humorous frankness; and offers a percipient account of growing older, with all its attendant doubts and disturbances. Autobiographical, psychological, remedial, \u003ci\u003eLines Off\u003c\/i\u003e heralds the return of this acclaimed poet, back to the stage of the page, offering us ‘the performance of a lifetime’.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57313090175358,"sku":"NW9780571349760","price":10.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780571349760.jpg?v=1778590901","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/lines-off","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}