`The Flechitorium presents an enormous range of subject matters,
forms, styles and language but all of them are lynch-pinned by the
author's deep and sometimes ambivalent relationship with his native
Fife ... But what is a "Flechitorium"? You'll have to read the poem
therein to find out, dear reader, but be careful - this is a
collection with a real bite to it. `On the bill in this particular
Flechitorium are a fistful of narrative ballads, historical and
humorous to get us off to a flier. Then the mood changes and
becomes more reflective and sombre ... That old Scottish literary
tradi on of flyting is resumed and developed in the contretemps
between the allegorical squirrel and the peacock in Dunfermline
Glen .... And as a bonus, the gathering of braw poems is enhanced
by a sulfurous tale to conclude - though one more RLS than Hammer
House of Horror. `The Flechitorium is a delicious Fife broth or
even Langtoun bouillabaisse ... with its many hints and references
to other literary cuisines beyond Fife and Scotland. At mes it is
funny, at others serious, it is always humane in its span of
concerns from bawdy to spiritual yet the poems are crafted to
address and engage intellectually as well as emotionally. Whether
supped with short or lang spuin it will satisfy all tastes.' From
the Preface by William Hershaw
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