{"product_id":"shingle-street-9780701188771","title":"Shingle Street","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA cul-de-sac, a dead-end track,\u003cbr\u003eA sandbanked strand to sink a fleet,\u003cbr\u003eA bay, a bar, a strip, a trap, \u003cbr\u003eA wrecking ground, that's Shingle Street.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlake Morrison's first two collections, \u003ci\u003eDark Glasses\u003c\/i\u003e (1984) and \u003ci\u003eThe Ballad of a Yorkshire Ripper\u003c\/i\u003e (1987) established him as one of our most inventive and accomplished contemporary poets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his first full-length collection for nearly thirty years, \u003ci\u003eShingle Street\u003c\/i\u003e sees a return to the form with which he started his career. Set along the Suffolk coast, the opening poems address a receding world  an eroding landscape, abashed by the ocean's passion'. But coastal life gives way to other, more dangerous, vistas: a wave unleashes a flood-tide of terror; a sequence of topical poems lays bare pressing political issues; while elsewhere portraits of the past bring forth the dear and the departed.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArdent and elegiac, and encompassing an impressive range of mood and method, this is a timely offer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShingle Street \u003c\/i\u003eis a bravura performance that’s also solid and heartfelt -- Carol Rumens * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eA good, fresh performance to make a comeback with -- Derwent May * Standpoint *\u003cbr\u003eBlake Morrison’s poetry glints like a river seen through the mud -- Michael Conaghan * Belfast Telegraph Morning *\u003cbr\u003eThese are humane poems, skillful, conversational, delicate and more complex than they at first appear -- Rory Waterman * The Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eThese are humane poems, skillful, conversational, delicate and more complex than they at first appear -- Rory Waterman * The Times Literary Supplement *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48735997428055,"sku":"9780701188771","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780701188771.jpg?v=1723810439","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shingle-street-9780701188771","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}