
The Havocs
Jacob Polley(Author)
Picador (Publisher)
Published on 8. November 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-4472-0703-0 (ISBN)
Description
Little Gods established Jacob Polley as one of the leading talents of the younger generation; his third collection sees him extend that gift in often wholly unexpected directions. As before, Polley's work is often unashamedly lyric, and displays a virtuosic range of form and address. However, the light has changed in The Havocs: these poems are often imbued with the weird, uncanny and otherworldly, drawing on the folkloric and mythic traditions of north Britain - as well as forms from older English traditions, including riddles and cautionary tales. However oblique his strategies, Polley's work remains fixed on our most central concerns: our losses of faith, our working lives, our irrational fears and our loves. The Havocs charts a daring new turn in the work of one of our finest English poets.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
101 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4472-0703-0 (9781447207030)
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Person
Jake Polley was born in Carlisle in 1975. He is the author of two poetry collections, both published by Picador and a novel, Talk of the Town.