The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea: Poems

The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea: Poems

60 pages
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Published: 11 Apr 2006
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ISBN: 9780307275691

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Publisher: Vintage

Publication date: 11 April 2006

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From the phenomenally bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time comes Mark Haddon’s first collection of poems.
That Mark Haddon’s first book after The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is a book of poetry may surprise his many fans; that it is also one of such virtuosity and range will not.
The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea reveals a poet of great versatility and formal talent. All the gifts so admired in Haddon’s prose are in strong evidence here – the humanity, the dark humour, and the uncanny ventriloquism – but Haddon is also a writer of considerable seriousness, lyric power, and surreal invention. This book will consolidate his reputation as one of the most imaginative writers in contemporary literature.