Book review - Great Works by Oscar Mardell

Stella Chrysostomou of Volume Books in Nelson reviews Great Works by Oscar Mardell, published by Death of Workers Whilst Building Skyscrapers. Stella says: Oscar Mardell is an Auckland poet whose freezing works poems are a clever addition to the tradition of New Zealand gothic literature. With the nostalgia for the stink of the slaughter yards, the adherence to the architects of such vast structures on our landscape and the pithy analysis of our colonial pastoral history, these poems are delightful as well as contemplative.