Welcome to the Pleasure Dome.
The Brighton Pavilion is one of Britain's best loved follies. Built for the Prince Regent (later George IV) to entertain his mistresses, it is a Grade 1 listed building, a monument to dandyism and a museum of royal kitsch. Between the Pavilion and the ruined West Pier lies the coast of Greeneland, peep-shows and arcades, cheap thrills and expensive mistakes.
Deborah Tyler-Bennett's new collection is a celebration of the world of the English dandy, its gorgeous peacock feathers and fading glamour. Her cast of eccentric and complicated characters entertain their listeners at the bar, flashy and flamboyant as Brighton's fantasy Pavilion, revealing the sad truths and disturbing secrets behind their cheap make-up.
"No sour Asti bubbles here, her poetry is real Dom Perignon."
Pulsar Poetry Magazine
"Her apparently effortless writing, her dry-as-a-bone humour, make the subjects of this world tolerable"
New Hope International Review
Deborah Tyler-Bennett's previous publications include Clark Gable in Mansfield (2003) and Take Five (2003). In 2001 she won the Hugh MacDiarmid Trophy at the Scottish International Open Poetry Competition. She is the co-author of a creative writing web-package for the Victoria and Albert Museum, and helped create 'Art Box' for Leicestershire's Open Museums' Artworks Collection. She edits the magazine The Coffee House and lives in Loughborough.
