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Piers Alexander
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Born
in Crowborough, The United Kingdom
August 12
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Rice Krispies on the telly
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The Bitter Trade
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published
2014
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7 editions
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Scatterwood
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2017
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2 editions
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Golden Apples: The Poetry of Piers Alexander
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An Explosive Research Project
Beware of readers bearing guns…
I asked Mister John Dacombe to fact-check a rather explosive passage in Scatterwood. “Oh no,” he said, “you’d have to turn the flintlock on its side and use the spark to set off the powder trail.”
“How would that work?” I asked, foolishly.
“Come up north and find out,” he replied. “Our commanding officer, Stephen Ball, will show you. In 1692 costume…”
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“I am Calumny Spinks.
Between me and the satin blue sky hangs the hempen noose.
It has swung there in the faintest of breezes, waiting for me, all my life.”
― The Bitter Trade
Between me and the satin blue sky hangs the hempen noose.
It has swung there in the faintest of breezes, waiting for me, all my life.”
― The Bitter Trade
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| Nothing But Readi...: Alexander, Piers - The Bitter Trade - Informal Buddy Read; Start February 5, 2015 | 12 | 173 | Feb 22, 2015 12:15AM |
“I am Calumny Spinks.
Between me and the satin blue sky hangs the hempen noose.
It has swung there in the faintest of breezes, waiting for me, all my life.”
― The Bitter Trade
Between me and the satin blue sky hangs the hempen noose.
It has swung there in the faintest of breezes, waiting for me, all my life.”
― The Bitter Trade
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