We’re thrilled to announce the eighth in our unique
series of Black Scat Broadsides:
LIMERICKSHAW: HAIKU FOR THE JOHN
by Doug Skinner
Sixteen ribald limericks translated into hilarious haiku. Skinner artfully disinfects the original hackneyed rhymes and reveals the laconic essence of each poem.
Alas, we can only show you a low resolution fragment of the lovely (and explicit) full color poster, which makes an ideal addition to one’s boudoir or bath.
12 x 18 inches; printed on prime 80# UV-coated,acid-free stock.
OUT OF PRINT
On July 4, 2012, we published Alphonse Allais’s MASKS in a limited edition of 50 copies—the first title in our Absurdist Texts & Documents series. The chapbook quickly sold out and, today, is a coveted collector’s item. Since we’ve received many requests to reprint the book, we’re pleased to announce a revised and expanded edition. Translated from the French, adapted and illustrated by Norman Conquest, this new volume also features a most Allaisian introduction & notes on the text by the great Doug Skinner. Originally published in France under the title Un drame bien parisien (1890), this darkly humorous tale is quintessential Allais—a pataphysical text admired by the Surrealists (André Breton included it in his seminal Anthologie de l’humour noir). It was also celebrated by the French group Oulipo, and has been the subject of scholarly studies by the writer and semiotician Umberto Eco, Francis Corblin, and others. 
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