{"product_id":"the-rain-in-portugal-9781509834259","title":"The Rain in Portugal","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins comes a twelfth collection of poetry offering nearly fifty new poems that showcase his trademark generosity, wit, and imaginative play.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rain in Portugal - \u003c\/i\u003ea title that admits he's not much of a rhymer - sheds Collins's ironic light on such subjects as travel and art, cats and dogs, loneliness and love, beauty and death. His tones range from the whimsical - 'the dogs of Minneapolis . . . \/ have no idea they're in Minneapolis' - to the elegiac in a reaction to the death of Seamus Heaney. A student of the everyday, here Collins contemplates a weathervane, a still-life painting, the calendar, and a child lost at a beach. His imaginative fabrications have Shakespeare flying comfortably in first class and Keith Richards supporting the globe on his head. By turns entertaining, engaging, and enlightening, \u003ci\u003eThe Rain in Portugal\u003c\/i\u003e amounts to another chorus of poems from one of the most respected and familiar voices in the world of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Collins] at his finest -- \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003cbr\u003e...Imaginative thinking gives this collection its richness.... The work also shows a variety of styles...[that] provide both pleasure and a vivid example of how one's thoughts, when unrestrained, can lead to unexpected destinations * The Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003ePoets on the best-seller list remain as rare as albino deer, but one who does turn up...is Billy Collins -- Gregory Cowles * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eThe most popular poet in America -- Bruce Weber * New York Times *","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019974443351,"sku":"9781509834259","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781509834259.jpg?v=1750781934","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-rain-in-portugal-9781509834259","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}