fundamentalist power in the Kingdom waxed. ‘Singing School’ – A rock is trader slang for a million of any currency. Acronyms refers to trader terms for financial items, e.g. bps for basis points, CDO for collateralised debt obligation, BOSS for bond and option sales strategy. ‘Heeps’ – Uriah Heep, a sycophantic, ambitious, avaricious, loathsome clerk in Dickens’ David Copperfield. ‘Martha, Mary and Mary Magdalene, Retouched’ – Anthony Rudolph commissioned and printed this ekphrastic poem along with other commissioned works as an eightieth birthday tribute for Paula Rego. ‘Lament for Grace’ – A chute is sailor’s slang for a spinnaker, the large, traditionally bulbous, light sail used when sailing downwind.
92
These pages are not available for preview.
Purchase this book at one of these retailers
Amazon UK
Amazon US
Barnes & Noble
Blackwell's
More Information
Find out more information on this title from the publisher.
Existing Subscribers
Sign in with your Exact Editions account for full access.
Subscribe
Subscriptions are available for purchase in our shop.
Institutions
Purchase multi-user, IP-authenticated access for your institution.
No titles available
You have no current subscriptions in your account.
Would you like to explore the titles in our collection?
No collections available
You have no collections in your account.
Would you like to view your available titles?
