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Wolf Tongue
Barry Macsweeney
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Description for Wolf Tongue
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 633.
Barry MacSweeney’s last book, The Book of Demons, recorded his fierce fight against alcoholism as well as the great love of those who helped save his life – though only for three more years. When he died in 2000, he had just assembled a retrospective of his work. Wolf Tongue is his own selection, with the addition of the two late books which many regard as his finest work, Pearl and The Book of Demons. Most of his poetry was out-of-print, and much had never been widely published. The title is his. The cover picture, he hunted down himself. Wolf ... Read more
Barry MacSweeney’s last book, The Book of Demons, recorded his fierce fight against alcoholism as well as the great love of those who helped save his life – though only for three more years. When he died in 2000, he had just assembled a retrospective of his work. Wolf Tongue is his own selection, with the addition of the two late books which many regard as his finest work, Pearl and The Book of Demons. Most of his poetry was out-of-print, and much had never been widely published. The title is his. The cover picture, he hunted down himself. Wolf ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781852246662
SKU
V9781852246662
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About Barry Macsweeney
Barry MacSweeney was born in 1948 in Newcastle. After leaving school at 16, he worked as a journalist, mainly in Newcastle, Kent, Bradford and South Shields. He published numerous collections, including an earlier Selected Poems in The Tempers of Hazard, published and destroyed by Paladin in 1993.The Book of Demons (Bloodaxe Books, 1997), was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. He ... Read more
Reviews for Wolf Tongue
Barry MacSweeney was a contrary, lone wolf. For 25 years his work was marginalised and was absent from official records of poetry…MacSweeney’s ear for a soaring, lyric melody was unmatched…his poetry became dark as blue steel, edging towards what became his domain: the lament.
Nicholas Johnson
Independent
His notion of the artist was formed around a myth ... Read more
Nicholas Johnson
Independent
His notion of the artist was formed around a myth ... Read more