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Ian Duhig's witty and bizarre poems are profane and profound, often drawing on tall tales and strange episodes from history Irish legend and colonial lore. Their focus in his second collection is the stuff of urban myth, the Mersey Goldfish. Legend traces the goldfish through the handwork of Imperial Byzantium's Faberges to the Goodess Mnemosyne, who spirited her muses into this form. The Mersey Goldfish, like the Wild Bolonial Koi, is just such a half-brother to Art. It commonly circles these islands and their peoples' concerns and fantasies just beneath the surface of words. According to Duhig...
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- PublisherBloodaxe Books Ltd
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 1852243252
- ISBN 13 9781852243258
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages64
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