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Paul Durcan - The Days of Surprise - 9781846559716 - KOC0003343
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The Days of Surprise

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Description for The Days of Surprise Hardcover. Paul Durcan never imagined he would be clasped by a woman again, but life is full of surprises! After all, would it surprise you to learn that at the US Ambassador's Residence in Dublin his libido almost destroyed the Peace Process? Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 306. First edition

WINNER OF THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IRISH BOOK AWARD 2014

Paul Durcan never imagined he would be clasped by a woman again, but life is full of surprises! After all, would it surprise you to learn that at the US Ambassador’s Residence in Dublin his libido almost destroyed the Peace Process? There is a new Pope, too, a ‘man of constant surprise’, although in St Peter’s Square Durcan encounters a monk wholly lacking in the Holy Spirit.

Elsewhere he muses upon the ‘pre-crucifixion scenario’ of being prepared for surgery, the gift of a malacca cane, the joy of ... Read more

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Product Details

Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846559716
SKU
KOC0003343
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Paul Durcan
Paul Durcan was born in Dublin in 1944. His first book, Endsville (1967), has been followed by more than twenty others, including The Berlin Wall Café (a Poetry Book Society Choice in 1985), Daddy, Daddy (winner of the Whitbread Award for Poetry in 1990), Crazy About Women (1991), A Snail in My Prime: New and Selected Poems (1993), Give Me ... Read more

Reviews for The Days of Surprise
In The Days of Surprise the reader is continually, refreshingly, entertainingly, disturbingly surprised and, more importantly, nourished
Niall MacMonagle
Irish Independent
A new Durcan poetry book is always a joy. This one is no exception
Mayo News
Scrupulously paced poems of the life, times and beliefs of this emotionally intense yet intellectually rewarding writer are ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Days of Surprise


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