Selling Manhattan
20 October 2016Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
One of those rare books that is immediately enjoyable yet will repay many re-readings' Poetry Review
Carol Ann Duffy's highly praised second collection, for which she was given the Somerset Maughan Award, showcases the Poet Laureate's skill even at the very start of her career. Within are poems that reveal the full range of her interests: from the dramatic monologues, to...
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20 October 201664 pages
9781509824984Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Carol Ann Duffy is the most humane and accessible poet of our timeGuardian
Duffy is magnificent, grounded, heartfelt, dedicated to the notion that poetry can give us the music of life itselfScotsman
Accessible and entertaining, yet her form is classical, her technique razor-sharp. She is read by people who don't really read poetry, yet she maintains the respect of her peers. Reviewers praise her touching, sensitive, witty evocations of love, loss, dislocation, nostalgia; fans talk of greeting her at readings 'with claps and cheers that would not sound out of place at a rock concert.Katharine Viner, Guardian
