Review
In some senses Bolger is to contemporary Dublin what Dickens was to Victorian London: archivist, reporter, sometimes infuriated lover. Certainly no understanding of Ireland's capital is complete without an acquaintance with his magnificent writing - Joseph O'Connor, Books Quarterly, USA.
Product Description
A companion book to Bolger's recent Night and Day collection of poems about South Dublin, places this sequence in the context of other lives that Bolger's poetry has tried to capture in recent years. It contains Ballymun Incantation, the poem recited by actors and local people as the centrepiece of a public wake to mark the demolition of the first Ballymun tower block and Travel Light a poem about the workmen who built the Dublin Port Tunnel. Although better known as a novelist and playwright, this book shows that Bolger is a poet writing at the height of his powers.
About the Author
Dermot Bolger is one of Ireland's best-loved poets and playwrights, and is well known as a supporter of emerging writers. He is the author and editor of numerous books, and a regular contributor to The Sunday Tribune.
