Rumpelstiltskin Blues

Steele Roberts Aotearoa, Wellington, 2017. Good secondhand copy.

Who is Rumpelstiltskin? Misshapen spinner of straw into gold? Evil or misunderstood? Would a good lawyer have helped? In this new collection, John Adams tries on aspects of Rumpelstiltskin. The poems tell of joy and death, disappointment and celebration.