Synopsis
'Kennard’s distinctive voice – surreal, funny, anxious, always overthinking, and cringingly self-deprecating – has made him one of the most widely liked and imitated British poets under forty' – Tristram Fane Saunders, TLS
None of the Old Testament prophets was especially happy or confident in their calling, but Jonah was the only one who rejected it outright, disobeying direct instruction from...
Details
04 September 2025176 pages
9781035069262Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Kennard’s distinctive voice – surreal, funny, anxious, always overthinking, and cringingly self-deprecating – has made him one of the most widely liked and imitated British poets under fortyTristram Fane Saunders, The Times Literary Supplement
Kennard is an overachieving poet, the youngest ever finalist for a Forward Prize back in 2007; his work combines accessibility with formal daring and a twist of surrealismThe Guardian
Kennard . . . has a poet's ear for noticing the electric in the quotidianThe Guardian
Luke Kennard has the uncanny genius of being able to stick a knife in your heart with such originality and verve that you start thinking "aren’t knives fascinating . . . and hearts, my god!" whilst everything slowly goes blackCaroline Bird
