Description
“In a dark time,” wrote Theodore Roethke, “the eye begins to see”—and with Braille Rainbow, Mike Barnes reveals both darkness and the light that shines beyond it. Beginning with a suite of poems completed before and immediately following his admission to a psychiatric unit as a young man, Barnes’s quiet lyricism and formal sensitivity capture those moments of perception that remind us how to see.
Praise for Mike Barnes
“Barnes writes like a contrary angel.”—The Malahat Review
“Timely, lyrical, tough, accurate.” —Margaret Atwood
“Masterful … The Adjustment League is suspenseful, exquisitely written and—at times—corrosively funny.” —Brian Bethune, Maclean’s
“Recounted in fragmented, almost impressionistic prose that is sharp as glass shards, The Adjustment League…is an intense journey into the underbelly of contemporary society, and a visceral descent into darkness. It is a powerful and original work, which succeeds as a mystery and something altogether deeper.”—Quill and Quire
“The Adjustment League’s superpower is in its crackling portraits. The Super takes his place in the queue of great damaged detectives (see Sherlock Holmes). …It’s this Superman’s mind that’s stronger than steel.”—The Globe and Mail
“… fiercely alive, marked by a sharp, unerring eye for detail and a wonderful way with metaphors.”—Toronto Star
