Sex and Death at Merlin Park Hospital - A Gripping Medical Drama Novel for Mystery & Thriller Fans - Perfect for Book Clubs & Late-Night Reading

In Sex and Death at Merlin Park Hospital Kevin Higgins uses the darkest humour to throw some occasionally bizarre but mercilessly honest light on the vexed, and often absurd, subject of his chronic illness. In this, his fifth full collection of poetry, he also gives his readers, as they have come to expect, in poems steeped in the influence of Brecht, Swift, and Zbigniew Herbert, his views in undiluted form on everything from homelessness and identity politics to anal sex and comedians who used to be edgy during the 1990s. The book includes the satire on the marriage of Tony and Cherie Blair which led to his suspension from the British Labour Party in 2016. And in the final section, he presents us with a contemporary Dunciad which lacerates the poetry scene, both in Ireland and internationally, and takes out several journalists along the way.Table of ContentsOne – Sex and DeathSarcoid Years 11Someday I’ll Love Kweeveen O’Higgeen 12The Reckoning 14Sex and Death at the Merlin Park Infusion Unit 15The Medicines 16Prayer To The Absolute Dark 17Intimacy Revisited 18For Cynthia 19Susan 20Advice To A Modern Odysseus 21Yes, but also: mid-life story 23Spring Day 24The Allegations Against You 25What I’m Prepared To Tell You 26Ciúnas/Quiet 28Put Me Back 29The Great News 32Coalition of the Disappointed 33Two – My View of ThingsWhen I Wasn’t Yet 37The Day Bowie Died 38After The Terrible Events Earlier 39In the White Man’s Clinic 40Sold 41Heavy Clogs 42Leader of Irish Government Speaks Against Hyperbole 43What Did The Politician Get His Wife 45Don’t Stop Repealing 47SJW from Horse Hair Hill 48My View of Things 49Let Me Tell You About Them 50The Truth Behind the Wire 51Beige Heterosexuals 52Internet Safety for Adults 54from Things That Keep Tim Awake of A Winter’s Night 55Fixing The National Discourse 56Refusal 58Anatomy of a Bomb Scare 59Listening Exercise 61Pity the Woman Made of Wood 62The Great Repeal 64The Thing from Planet Gove 66What Put The Diamonds In Your Owner’s Wife’s Ears? 67The Minister for Loneliness 68The Man Who Spoke Slogan 69Prologue 70Hoodied Bridget 71Three – World Festival of Literary IntercourseUp with Clever Literature 75Feral Hogs 76Uncrease Your Forehead and Do Not Sweat 77The Bailiff’s Daughter 78Review of Non-Existent Poetry Collection 79The Captive Butt 81On The Appointment of Director of Failed Bank To ExecutiveBoard of Literature Ireland 82The Caint World Festival of Literary Intercourse 83Grasp 85After The Revolution 87The Crowning of the Prophet Una 88Among Savages 90Treatise on Uselessness 91Acknowledgments 93About the Author 95