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John Burnside was among the most acclaimed writers of his generation. His novels, short stories, poetry and memoirs won numerous awards, including the Geoffrey Faber Memorial, Saltire Scottish Book of the Year and, in 2023, he received the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in literature. In 2011 Black Cat Bone won both the Forward and the T.S. Eliot Prizes for poetry.

The Empire of Forgetting

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    A Paperback by John Burnside

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage Publishing
      Published 8 July 2025
      ISBN-13 9781787334557
      978-1787334557
      ISBN-10 1787334554
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      Fiction Poetry

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      Book Synopsis
      John Burnside was among the most acclaimed writers of his generation. His novels, short stories, poetry and memoirs won numerous awards, including the Geoffrey Faber Memorial, Saltire Scottish Book of the Year and, in 2023, he received the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in literature. In 2011 Black Cat Bone won both the Forward and the T.S. Eliot Prizes for poetry.

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