Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Introduction: The Absurd, Race and Gender 1
5. PART I
6. 1. Feminine/Feminist Humour and Whiteness in Contemporary British Absurdist Poetry 25
7. 2. Miscommunication and Failure to Connect in the Absurd 45
8. 3. The Apocalypse in the Absurd 69
9. PART II
10. 4. Authority, ‘White Trash’ and Culture in Jennifer L. Knox’s A Gringo Like Me 91
11. 5. Sadness in Caroline Bird’s The Hat-Stand Union and In These Days of Prohibition 113
12. 6. Reality and Imagination in Emily Berry’s Dear Boy 133
13. Afterword: Failing Better 151
14. Notes 159
15. Bibliography 173
16. Index 196