{"product_id":"res-publica-book-one-a-novel-in-verse-by-zireaux-1030aa","title":"Res Publica, Book One, A Novel in Verse by Zireaux","description":"\u003cp\u003eRes Publica is the story seven years and fifty weeks in the life of Arcady Robinson, an intelligent, gifted, recently married -- and recently disillusioned -- young poet who one day makes a revolutionary discovery at longitude 175 58 .35E, latitude 36 16 .10S, off the eastern coast of New Zealand.  Editorial Reviews  Review A tour de force, almost, perhaps, a tour d'addresse after the manner of Lord George Byron's Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1812-1818) and more particularly, Don Juan (1819-24)....Zireaux presents us with an irreverent wisdom directed against conventional values and the politico-social system. --Alistair Paterson, Editor, Poetry New Zealand Magazine  Some of Zireaux's rhymes have a twinkling ingenuity not unworthy of Byron, W S Gilbert or Cole Porter: Mona [Lisa]\/persona, tingle\/commingle, muscular\/crepuscular, Kerouac\/Alamanac, greed\/Mr. Sayeed. But what impresses most of all is his ability to sustain the flow over dozens of stanzas, sounding natural, indeed conversational. Nor is his work just an exercise in antiquarianism...Zireaux is thoroughly contemporary -- with references to NASA satellite photographs, KFC, Viagra, Clinique cosmetics, Pamela Anderson's breast implants, Martha Stewart's imprisonment, Tim Tam biscuits, Gavin Menzies' theory that the Chinese discovered New Zealand centuries before Europeans, and other current fads and foibles....[Zireaux] captivates with a singular charm. --Iain Sharpe, Book reviewer for New Zealand's Sunday Star Times  About the Author Zireaux was born in California. He migrated to New Zealand in the mid-1990s and now lives with his wife and two children in Auckland. Over the last few years, Zireaux has given poetry recitals to audiences in America, Canada, the U.K., South Africa, India, Pakistan, Italy, Turkey, Lithuania, Australia, and, of course, New Zealand, where he has received significant critical acclaim and where news of his public readings always attract eager audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41829398216778,"sku":"1030aa","price":17.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/1030aa_1_df310656-32a0-484f-b2b3-386e4b7bfafa.jpg?v=1764441219","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/res-publica-book-one-a-novel-in-verse-by-zireaux-1030aa","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}