The poems in this, Alan Jenkin's third collection, speak of the harm done and suffered - most frequently in the name of love - in the course of lives gone adrift among lost causes, chance meetings and missed chances. A new directness and simplicity, and throughout, a raw urgency of personal feeling, inform a voice that is as resourceful as in Jenkin's earlier volumes, and continues to salvage a 'fugitive lyricism' (as one reviewer put it) from harsh and dissonant realities. 'By turns jocular, disquieting, sexy and inventive'-PETER READING, SUNDAY TIMES 'Jenkins' poetry is exhilarating. . . It is charged with erotic energy, rage, sorrow and confusion'-TLS 'Stylish, Savage, unforgiving'-HUGO WILLIAMS, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Jenkins has a restless mind: following his poetry gives his readers a rocky ride, but also a rewarding one. '-PETER PORTER, OBSERVER.

The new collection from one of the most engaging voices in contemporary poetry: a popular and accessible younger poet who reaches a wide audience.

About the Author
Alan Jenkins was born in 1955. He lives in London and works for the Times Literary Supplement.

Awards
Winner of Forward Poetry Prize: Best Collection 1994 and Forward Poetry Prize 1994.



Book Information
ISBN 9780701161064
Author Alan Jenkins
Format Paperback
Page Count 64
Imprint Chatto & Windus
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 78g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 135mm * 6mm