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New and Selected Poems

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11 November 2021
112 pages
9781529070804
Imprint: Picador

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The most original poet of his generation
'Duhig telescopes topical allusions, scholarly references and coarse humour into tightly-shaped, surreal poems which burst open with explosive moral force'
'His poetry is learned, rude, elegant, sly and funny, mixing gilded images, belly-laughs and esoteric lore about language (including Irish), art, history, politics and children's word-games'
. . .one of Duhig's charms is that, for all his learning, he retains humility