"It's ambitious, perverse, nasty, beautiful, torrid and florid stuff -- dark poetry for the tormented Western capitalist bourgeois soul. the language is exquisitely rendered here by the poet Jamie McKendrick" -Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph "A fine translation by Jamie McKendrick. both beautifully written and immaculately executed." -Libby Purves, The Times "Projected with cinematic panache. Jamie McKendrick's new verse translation is aptly florid." -Susannah Clapp, Observer "A compelling mix of semi-autobiographical passion and intertextual parody." -Paul Taylor, Independent " Fabrication examines some uneasy aspects of sexuality and, at times, achieves a piercing clarity." -Griselda Murray Brown, Financial Times.