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Nice Day for Murder

Poems for James Cagney

by (author) Kimmy Beach

Publisher
Turnstone Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2001
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780888012609
    Publish Date
    Apr 2001
    List Price
    $12.95

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Description

A collection of poems for one of Hollywood's great actors, best known for his ­gangster films of the 1930s, Nice Day for Murder takes a Tommy gun to ­contemporary notions of poetry and feminism. Lines begin to blur between fiction and reality as the narrative confuses Cagney's street-tough movie persona with his gentle off-screen demeanour.

About the author

Kimmy Beach is the author of four poetry collections: Nice Day for Murder: Poems for James Cagney, Alarum Within: theatre poems, Fake Paul, and in Cars. She has an honours degree in English from the University of Alberta. Kimmy lives in Red Deer, Alberta with her husband.

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