The Drowned Book - by Sean O'Brien (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Picador's second collection from one of the finest English poets of the last fifty years

Review Quotes

"All life is written in Dante's burning pages, and Sean O'Brien is to be congratulated on his expert rehabilitation of a classic." --Spectator, on Dante's Inferno

"Combines urgent readability with a muscular forcefulness." --The Economist, on Dante's Inferno

"Compelling, with a steady incandescence to the language." --Independent, on Dante's Inferno

About the Author

Sean O'Brien is a poet, critic, playwright, broadcaster, anthologist, and editor. He is a professor of poetry at Sheffield Hallam University and teaches on the MA writing course. His five collections of poetry to date have all won awards, most recently Downriver, which won the Forward Prize for best collection. He is also the author of Cousin Coat: Selected Poems 1976-2001, a verse translation of Dante's Inferno, The Deregulated Muse, and The Firebox: Poetry In Britain And Ireland After 1945.