The Drowned Book by Sean O'brien
Picador's second collection from one of the finest English poets of the last fifty years-
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
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American Psycho
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The Long View
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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The Lovely Bones
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Cloudstreet
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Essays In Love
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Dispatches
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An Unquiet Mind
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Silence
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The Master
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The Patrick Melrose Novels
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Blood Meridian
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Red Dust Road
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Bridget Jones's Diary
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Four Letters Of Love
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The Master and Margarita
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A House for Mr Biswas
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Waterland
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The Woman Warrior
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The South
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The Butcher Boy
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
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Into the Wild
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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
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The Debt To Pleasure
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The Discovery of France
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The History Man
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Them: Adventures with Extremists
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Oreo
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Gomorrah
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In the Skin of a Lion
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The Idea of Perfection
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The World's Wife
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A Sport and a Pastime
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A Boy's Own Story
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Underworld
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The Man Without Qualities
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The Snow Geese
O'Brien's talent extends far beyond description. . powerful, resonant and thought-provoking * Guardian *
It's almost as though he's seeing into a kind of pool in which the past is there, held in a sort of suspension . . . exhilarating -- Peter Porter
It's almost as though he's seeing into a kind of pool in which the past is there, held in a sort of suspension . . . exhilarating -- Peter Porter
Sean O’Brien is a poet, critic, playwright, broadcaster, anthologist and editor. He grew up in Hull and now lives in Newcastle upon Tyne; he is Professor of Poetry at Sheffield Hallam University and teaches on the MA Writing course. His five collections of poetry to date have all won awards, most recently Downriver (Picador, 2001), which won the Forward Prize for best collection. In 2002 Cousin Coat: Selected Poems 1976-2001 was published by Picador. His book of essays on contemporary poetry, The Deregulated Muse (Bloodaxe), was published in 1998, as was his acclaimed anthology The Firebox: Poetry In Britain And Ireland After 1945 (Picador). His most recent work is a verse translation of Dante's Inferno, which Picador published in 2006.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781447294030 |
| ISBN 10 | 1447294033 |
| Title | The Drowned Book |
| Author | Sean O'brien |
| Series | Picador Classic |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2015-06-18 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Prizes | Winner of T. S. Eliot Prize 2008 (UK), Winner of Forward Prize for Poetry Best Collection 2007 (UK) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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