A Foul Wind / Justin Clemens
ISBN: 9780648848172
Australian Poetry
A Foul Wind is a nautical term. It’s a wind that blows you off-course and into misadventure. In this new collection, Justin Clemens finds himself lost, wrecked, and washed up on the isle of the damned.
He discovers a world of undrinkable Dummheit, stuffed to the gills with cyberpreneurs and pseudonatural secretaries,downsizing corporations and corruption taskforces, '80s rappers and ‘90s drugs, planetary plague and terra nullius.
With a nod to Restoration drama and contemporary philosophy, A Foul Wind is a tour-de-force of morality, politics, and love.
Justin Clemens is the author of many booksabout philosophy, art, and poetry, including Villain, Black River, and The Mundiad, which was shortlisted for the Kenneth Slessor Poetry Prize. He teaches at the University of Melbourne.
