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The big red suit was ironed and ready.\r\nThe elves had stuffed the final teddy,\r\nWhen from the bathroom came a yelp,\r\nHo Ho, oh no! Quick, someone HELP!\r\n\r\nWhen Santa accidentally shaves off his famous beard, the elves all rally round to help.

From the acclaimed author of the Outline trilogy, a fable of human destiny and decline, enacted in a closed system of intimate, fractured relationships.\r\n\r\nPraise for the Outline trilogy:\r\n\r\nA landmark in twenty-first-century English literature.\r\nObserver\r\nPrecise and haunting ...

This selection, which was made by Eliot himself, is intended as an introduction to the main body of his poetry prior to Four Quartets, which is available separately in Faber Paperbacks. The selection includes the whole of The Waste Land.