Edwin Morgan is Britain's premier living poet. He has published many collections of poetry, criticism, essays and translations. Now in old age Morgan continues to produce and amaze. His "A Book of Lives" was awarded the Sundial Scottish Arts Council Poetry Award for 2008. This is the first major biography.

About the Author
James McGonigal was until recently a lecturer in English at the University of Glasgow. He has for many years been a close friend and confident of the poet, as well as being an accomplished poet himself. Edwin Morgan is cooperating closely with the author in the preparation of this book.

Reviews
'My book of the year - my favourite story - was James McGonigal's Beyond the Last Dragon, his honest, lucid, measured and deeply moving biography of Edwin Morgan.' Liz Lochhead 'The dragon of this book's title is death. The author begins his outstanding account with an analysis of several dreams that troubled the poet as he neared that deferred demise. This is no mere device. It gets the book off to a beguilingly symbolic start and is expertly followed up.' Donny O'Rourke, Scottish Left Review 'McGonigal negotiates Morgan's relationships with sensitivity, particularly with regards to his semi-hidden and then blossoming but illegal sexuality. He is intimate but not prurient.' Michael Gardiner, Scottish Review of Books


Awards
Winner of Saltire Society/National Library of Scotland Scottish Research Book of the Year Award 2011.



Book Information
ISBN 9781905207893
Author James McGonigal
Format Paperback
Page Count 496
Imprint Sandstone Press Ltd
Publisher Sandstone Press Ltd
Weight(grams) 525g
Dimensions(mm) 200mm * 130mm * 40mm