{"product_id":"9780571333837","title":"The Noise of a Fly","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Noise of a Fly\u003c\/i\u003e is the first collection from Douglas Dunn in sixteen years, and the first since he was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 2013. It is a book brimming with warmth, mischief and a self-deprecating humour, as well as with a charming, 'Larkinesque' crankiness: a quarrel with ageing, an impatience with youth, the grievousness of losing friends and colleagues. But for all its intimate, hearthside rumination, this is a volume of poems that looks outward in equal measure: at Scottish independence, British politics and an international refugee crisis, and reflects unflinchingly on what it is to consider oneself a contributor to society. Penned with a dexterous wit and a steady nerve, \u003ci\u003eThe Noise of a Fly\u003c\/i\u003e is a mesmeric imagining of our later years by one of this country's most senior and celebrated writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'It is hard to think of many poets who can equal his combination of imaginative ambition, formal resource and range of tone . . . Written on these terms, poetry is a matter of permanent urgency.' Sean O'Brien\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The most respected Scottish poet of his generation.' Nicholas Wroe\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104547520752,"sku":"9780571333837","price":21.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571333837_p0.jpg?v=1763719683","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571333837","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}