Son of Sin Fleur Jaeggy and translated by Gini Alhadeff as it came to be

as it came to be known

These new poems confirm Voss as the heir to Charles Bukowski

grave humour and more besides – it rewards close attention

adrift on dreams and fancies and looking for a break

targets of Nazi hatred

Son of Sin Fleur Jaeggy and translated by Gini Alhadeff as it came to beAn estranged father. An abused and abusive mother. An army of relatives. A tapestry of violence stretching between Turkey, Lebanon, and Western Sydney. This is the legacy left to Jamal Smith, a young queer Muslim trying to escape a past in which memory and rumour trace ugly shapes in the dark. When every thread in life constricts instead of connects, how do you find a way to breathe? Torn between faith and fear, gossip and gospel, family and