Burnfort, Las Vegas by Martina Evans
Martina Evans's fifth collection moves from the impact of American culture and rock'n'roll in the 1960s on her home town, a small Catholic community in rural Ireland, to life in contemporary London. Her poems spring from memories, anecdotes of local characters, children's books, shoes and cats; finally they revisit her Burnfort schooldays in sharp, truthful and often funny poems. Her poems will appeal to all who enjoy her unique blend of poetry and storytelling, her astute mimicry of conversational styles and her gift for offbeat humour.
Martina Evans was born in 1961 in Cork, the youngest of ten children. She moved to London in 1988. As well as four books of poetry - 'The Iniscarra Bar and Cycle Rest' (1995), 'All Alcoholics Are Charmers' (1998), 'Can Dentists Be Trusted?' (2004) and 'Facing the Public' (2009) - she has also published three novels: 'Midnight Feast' (1996), 'The Glass Mountain' (1997), 'No Drinking No Dancing No Doctors' (2000) and the prose-poem/novella 'Petrol' (2012).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780856464577 |
| ISBN 10 | 0856464570 |
| Title | Burnfort, Las Vegas |
| Author | Martina Evans |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Carcanet Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2014-10-10 |
| Number of pages | 64 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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