{"product_id":"9780856463730","title":"New and Selected Poems","description":"\u003cbr\u003ePOETRY BOOK SOCIETY SPECIAL COMMENDATION\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDennis O'Driscoll is among the finest and most popular poets of his generation. \u003ci\u003eNew and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e shows him to be a poet of humanity and wit whose observant, rhythmically supple poetry is attuned to the tragedies and comedies of contemporary life. One of the book's highlights is \"The Bottom Line\", a multi-voiced and multifaceted portrait of business managers and bureaucrats.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eClosing with a generous selection of previously unpublished work, \u003ci\u003eNew and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e - which follows Dennis O'Driscoll's acclaimed \u003ci\u003eExemplary Damages\u003c\/i\u003e, chosen as a Book of the Year by Seamus Heaney in 2002 - makes for a compelling collection, wide in its appeal and yet imbued with a distinctive and often startling world-view.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBorn in Thurles, County Tipperary in 1954, Dennis O'Driscoll has published six collections of poetry and a selection of his essays and reviews, \u003ci\u003eTroubled Thoughts, Majestic Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e (Gallery Press). He received a Lannan Literary Award in 1999, the E.M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2005 and the O'Shaughnessy Award for Poetry in 2006. A civil servant since the age of 16, he works for Irish Customs in Dublin.","brand":"Carcanet Press, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008673628400,"sku":"9780856463730","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780856463730_p0.jpg?v=1763814981","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780856463730","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}