Fleche Booker Prize author of The Poppy War

author of The Poppy War

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violence and love lived together

Fleche Booker Prize author of The Poppy WarWINNER OF THE COSTA POETRY AWARDPOETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATION Fleche (the French word for 'arrow') is an offensive technique commonly used in fencing, a sport of Mary Jean Chan's young adult years, when she competed locally and internationally for her home city, Hong Kong. This cross linguistic pun presents the queer, non white body as both vulnerable ('flesh') and weaponised ('fleche'), and evokes the difficulties of reconciling one's need for