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Pearl is an ode to the mute Northumbrian girl of the same name, whom MacSweeney taught to read and write on a slate in the rain, his first love.    Now out of print in this combined edition, both The Book of Demons and Pearl were reprinted in Wolf Tongue: Selected Poems 1965-2000 (Bloodaxe Books, 2003).","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49580200231185,"sku":"GOR001671526","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50689905525009,"sku":"GOR005999608","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1852244143.jpg?v=1751457345"},{"product_id":"wolf-tongue-book-barry-macsweeney-9781852246662","title":"Wolf Tongue","description":"Barry MacSweeneys last book, The Book of Demons, recorded his fierce fight against alcoholism as well as the great love of those who helped save his life  though only for three more years. 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Beginning with The Boy From the Green Cabaret Tells of His Mother, which brought the 20-year-old poet fame and notoriety, Desire Lines brings close to 400 pages of MacSweeney's poetry back into print. His prolific 1970s are represented here by eight complete sequences, including the major political work Black Torch and the previously unpublished long poems Toad Church and Pelt Feather Log. Drawing on archival resources and extensive bibliographic resources, Desire Lines collects the majority of MacSweeney's poetry not included in Wolf Tongue: Selected Poems, 1965-2000. These unselected poems showcase the full range of his capabilities: from raw lyrical emotion to modernist fragmentation, from historical narrative to surreal invention and absurd humour. Including five unpublished poems from the 1980s - including the `State of the Nation Bullerin' Revulsion and the tender, heartbroken `Soft Hail' - MacSweeney's essential contribution to modern poetry can be seen to its full extent. 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