Dennis O'Driscoll's fifth collection contains poems in which his cool and unflinching vision lends a pungent originality to his treatment of love and death as well as to subjects as diverse - and improbable - as economic boom, business travel and Alzheimer's disease. By contrast, the book also contains more lyrical and personal poems, including the tender and evocative childhood sequence with which the collection ends. "Weather Permitting" follows O'Driscoll's widely praised "Quality Time" (1997) which contained his ...
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Dennis O'Driscoll's fifth collection contains poems in which his cool and unflinching vision lends a pungent originality to his treatment of love and death as well as to subjects as diverse - and improbable - as economic boom, business travel and Alzheimer's disease. By contrast, the book also contains more lyrical and personal poems, including the tender and evocative childhood sequence with which the collection ends. "Weather Permitting" follows O'Driscoll's widely praised "Quality Time" (1997) which contained his celebrated long poem, "The Bottom Line", described by Alan Brownjohn in "The Sunday Times" as 'devastatingly accurate, and scary'.
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Add this copy of Weather Permitting to cart. $16.38, very good condition, Sold by Shadow Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Norwich, NORFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1999 by Anvil Press Poetry.
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First Paperback Edition. 8vo. pp 83. Large format paperback. Signed presentation from the author on the title page to the British novelist and poet Barry Cole (1936-2014) and his wife, Rita. ISBN: 0856463159 Fine.
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Very Good. Contains poems which give a treatment of love and death as well as to subjects as diverse-and improbable-as economic boom, business travel and Alzheimer's disease. By contrast, this book also includes lyrical and personal poems, including the tender and evocative childhood sequence with which the collection ends. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 140. First edition. Signed and inscribed by author. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. 1999. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.