Synopsis
Ian Duhig’s effortlessly fascinating and endlessly quotable verse has had a shaping influence on UK poetry for more than thirty years. This eclectic gathering of Duhig’s best work draws on material from his acclaimed debut, The Bradford Count, to the present day: the book collects a number of fine new pieces, including an elegy for the late Ciaran Carson. Duhig...
Details
11 November 2021112 pages
9781529070804Imprint: Picador
Reviews
The most original poet of his generationCarol Ann Duffy, Guardian
'Duhig telescopes topical allusions, scholarly references and coarse humour into tightly-shaped, surreal poems which burst open with explosive moral force'Alan Brownjohn, Sunday Times
'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'Ruth Padel, Independent on Sunday
. . .one of Duhig's charms is that, for all his learning, he retains humilityKathryn Gray, Magma Review
