Elimination Dance by Michael Ondaatje

Elimination Dance
by Michael Ondaatje
Brick Books (1999)

Michael Ondaatje is a Canadian writer of endless surprise and invention. Perhaps best known for his novel The English Patient, Ondaatje is one of those rare talents capable of writing equally well across several genres.

The concept of Elimination Dance is that each section of this poetic sequence is to be called out. For those to whom the called phrase applies, elimination occurs. This book is filled with dark humor, disgust for social hierarchies, and an endless supply of refreshing wit.

As a bonus, Elimination Dance contains several hilariously captioned pieces of clip art:

This book is in print and easy to find. It's also included in Ondaatje's The Cinnamon Peeler. The Olives of Oblivion suggest you buy a copy today, unless one or more of the following applies to you or someone you know:






Those who have used the following techniques of seduction: small talk at a falconry convention; entering a spa town disguised as Ford Maddox Ford; making erotic rotations of the pelvis, backstage, during the storm scene of King Lear; underlining suggestive phrases in the prefaces of Joseph Conrad



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