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Coles Household Words, No. 10: Restored Classics to Go Edition at Village Green Shopping Centre in Vernon, BC
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This collection moves with startling ease from bustling London realism to grotesque fantasy, turning everyday institutions and habits inside out. It begins at Billingsgate, where the supposed chaos of the fish market gives way to order, efficiency, and comic social observation, then widens into a practical history of how fish is transported, protected, and sold in modern London. Along the way, it becomes a passionate argument for making fish cheaper and more central to the diets of the poor, exposing waste, prejudice, and stubborn consumer habits while celebrating abundance, clever distribution, and the lively talk of market traders. The book also ranges beyond the market to a noisy fish dinner at Simpson's and a thoughtful glimpse of Greenwich's meteorological work, balancing humor with civic curiosity. It then plunges into Skitzland, a nightmarish comic world of detachable limbs, body parts sent by coach, and social rank tied to physical wholeness. Arrest, prison, and the sight of murderers' skeletons hanging in the sky deepen the satire into something darker, blending absurdity, social criticism, and surreal invention. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.
This collection moves with startling ease from bustling London realism to grotesque fantasy, turning everyday institutions and habits inside out. It begins at Billingsgate, where the supposed chaos of the fish market gives way to order, efficiency, and comic social observation, then widens into a practical history of how fish is transported, protected, and sold in modern London. Along the way, it becomes a passionate argument for making fish cheaper and more central to the diets of the poor, exposing waste, prejudice, and stubborn consumer habits while celebrating abundance, clever distribution, and the lively talk of market traders. The book also ranges beyond the market to a noisy fish dinner at Simpson's and a thoughtful glimpse of Greenwich's meteorological work, balancing humor with civic curiosity. It then plunges into Skitzland, a nightmarish comic world of detachable limbs, body parts sent by coach, and social rank tied to physical wholeness. Arrest, prison, and the sight of murderers' skeletons hanging in the sky deepen the satire into something darker, blending absurdity, social criticism, and surreal invention. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.
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