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Ian Duhig's witty and bizarre poems are profane and profound, often drawing on tall tales and strange episodes from history Irish legend and colonial lore. Their focus in his second collection is the stuff of urban myth, the Mersey Goldfish. Legend traces the goldfish through the handwork of Imperial Byzantium's Faberges to the Goodess Mnemosyne, who spirited her muses into this form. The Mersey Goldfish, like the Wild Bolonial Koi, is just such a half-brother to Art. It commonly circles these islands and their peoples' concerns and fantasies just beneath the surface of words. According to Duhig...
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- PublisherBloodaxe Books Ltd
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 1852243252
- ISBN 13 9781852243258
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages64
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The Mersey Goldfish
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The Mersey goldfish / Ian Duhig
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Newcastle upon Tyne : Bloodaxe Books, 1995
ISBN 10: 1852243252
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First Edition. Inscribed by the author to Peter Porter. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; 64 pages ; 22 cm. Contents; First Second -- Estuary English -- Fred -- Sampler Verses -- Sub Rosa -- Brut -- Repeat -- 1992 -- Lost Boys -- Lorca Gacela -- Note -- Ten Desert Island Books -- Realm of the Coin -- Second Hand -- Gift of a Black Egg -- Traditional -- Noli Me Tangere Tango -- Christmas Fairy -- Protestant's Dog-Thieves -- If -- Ex Libris -- Gyron's Submission -- Die Schwarze Paula -- Unity -- Nightsoil -- Come the Morning -- B I Ballad -- Soothsayer -- Roll Call -- Sam Goldfish -- Malatesta -- Old Shanghai -- Untitled -- Double Vision -- Exhibition -- Portrait of the Artist -- Portrait of the Art -- Images of Spit -- Culchie Gough -- Opus Dei -- Medicine Rite -- From the Land of Uz -- For Your Eyes Only -- Basket of Dalmatian Oysters -- And in the Depth -- Six More Sides to the Muck Island Box -- Name of the Name of the Rose -- Poem Ending with a Sausage -- Gloss. Subjects; English poetry. Ireland - including Republic of Ireland < British Isles < Western & Central Europe < Europe < continents & landmasses < geography < Earth - planet < natural world. Goldfish. Magpies. Photo illustrations and portraits. English poetry. Leeds poetry. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 398209
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The Mersey goldfish / Ian Duhig
Published by
Newcastle upon Tyne : Bloodaxe Books, 1995
ISBN 10: 1852243252
ISBN 13: 9781852243258
Used
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First Edition
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
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First Edition. Inscribed by the author to Peter Porter. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; 64 pages ; 22 cm. Contents; First Second -- Estuary English -- Fred -- Sampler Verses -- Sub Rosa -- Brut -- Repeat -- 1992 -- Lost Boys -- Lorca Gacela -- Note -- Ten Desert Island Books -- Realm of the Coin -- Second Hand -- Gift of a Black Egg -- Traditional -- Noli Me Tangere Tango -- Christmas Fairy -- Protestant's Dog-Thieves -- If -- Ex Libris -- Gyron's Submission -- Die Schwarze Paula -- Unity -- Nightsoil -- Come the Morning -- B I Ballad -- Soothsayer -- Roll Call -- Sam Goldfish -- Malatesta -- Old Shanghai -- Untitled -- Double Vision -- Exhibition -- Portrait of the Artist -- Portrait of the Art -- Images of Spit -- Culchie Gough -- Opus Dei -- Medicine Rite -- From the Land of Uz -- For Your Eyes Only -- Basket of Dalmatian Oysters -- And in the Depth -- Six More Sides to the Muck Island Box -- Name of the Name of the Rose -- Poem Ending with a Sausage -- Gloss. Subjects; English poetry. Ireland - including Republic of Ireland < British Isles < Western & Central Europe < Europe < continents & landmasses < geography < Earth - planet < natural world. Goldfish. Magpies. Photo illustrations and portraits. English poetry. Leeds poetry. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 398209
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