THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'An intoxicating mixture of poetry and prose Slug is a
taboo-busting delight' SCOTSMAN 'One of the best poets we have' MATT HAIG 'She writes with
honesty conviction humour and love' KAE TEMPEST The bestselling collection of poetry and
prose from the Ted Hughes Award-winning author of Nobody Told Me From Finnish saunas and soppy
otters to grief grandparents and Kellogg's anti-masturbation pants Slug is a book which holds
a mirror lovingly up to the world past and present through Hollie's driving funny hopeful
poetry and prose. Slug is about the human condition: of birth and death and how we manage the
possibilities in between. 'The inimitable words of poet goddess Hollie McNish once again hold
up honest damn funny and refreshing takes on the everydayness of our lives . . . Never have we
needed her more' STYLIST 'Hollie always articulates exactly how I feel' CHARLY COX 'A tribute
to life itself' RED
