Dey Ottilie Mulzet (translator) In his blue gardens men

In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars

at once whimsical and harrowing

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Victoria Adukwei Bulley

An exhilarating satire of Eighties excess that captures the effervescent spirit of New York

Dey Ottilie Mulzet (translator) In his blue gardens menDey is Tamil slang. A polysemic portal into community. It is hey, no, yes; it hails, it invites, it warns, it cajoles, it pleads, it loves. Just like Shivram Gopinaths Dey: a cross genre, multi tongued celebration of diasporic desire, complaint and joy that stretches what poetry can be. Part translation, part illustration, part verse, Dey is a love child of Tamil cinema tropes and themes, Singaporean hopes and dreams. A discordant soundtrack to