Kick
A Life Among Writers
Published on 15. May 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-1-86207-570-2 (ISBN)
Description
In The Kick, poet Richard Murphy has constructed, from astonishingly detailed diaries kept across the course of five decades, a unique memoir of his life and times. 'Murphy's book contains the high class literary journal and the semi-private memoir a lively and even brave account of a rich and complicated life.' The Irish Times
Reviews / Votes
'Murphy's book contains the high class literary journal and the semi-private memoir...a lively and even brave account of a rich and complicated life.' The Irish Times 'The book is a success, untroubled by irrelevance, with many interesting stories to tell...Murphy writes with dignity and candour' Karl Miller, Spectator 'The book is a fine and eloquent one, with shafts of great humour and a sense of modesty which is rare among writers' Susan MckayMore details
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E-Book
01/2003
The Lilliput Press Ltd
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Person
Richard Murphy was born in County Mayo in 1927. His major works as a poet include The Battle of Aughrim (1968) and High Island (1974). His Collected Poems were published in 2000.