Manatomy

by James McDermott

Overview

Manatomy is a collection of wry, witty and cheeky poems exploring how nature,

nurture, pop culture, prejudice and politics shape the identity of camp gay man

James McDermott. Structured in three parts – ‘Boy’, ‘Youth’ and ‘Man’ – Manatomy interrogates how

the experiences of growing up gay in a homophobic world and in rural millennial

England affect a gay man’s relationships with himself, his partners, the LGBTQ+

community and the wider world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781911570912
Publisher:	Burning Eye Books
Publication date:	08/13/2020
Pages:	108
Sales rank:	201,462
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x 0.26(d)

Editorial Reviews

‘Simply magnifi cent. You don’t have to have grown up gay to appreciate this poetry

but it will have a special charge, beauty and meaning for those of us who have’

Stephen Fry

‘McDermott’s debut delivers us his heart, terrors and triumphs. An honest and

direct account of growing up gay on the very edges of England’

Luke Wright

‘Hilarious and honest, Manatomy will help you understand gay life, love and sex

better. It certainly helped me...’

Jonathan Harvey

‘Utterly contemporary and impressively confessional. A book that was missing

from the lives of many youths of my generation’

David McAlmont

‘This funny, frank and fi lthy debut begs to be shared with friends, lovers and

homophobic relatives’

Molly Naylor

‘Bold, graphic and startling’

Julian Clary

‘Nigel Slater’s ‘Toast’ for the Spice Girls generation’

Ian Giles

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