Author

Publication

1994 - Bloodaxe Books, Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Language

English

Word Count

28,000 words, Guess

Page Count

112 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing3756453
  • Goodreads647560

Classifications

  • DDC821/.914
  • LCCPR6057.R388 W47 1994

Description

Western Swing is an adventurous long poem conjured around a displaced Scotland. Driven by rare energy, dark humour and glee, as well as a wonderful sense of what is strange and what is possible, Andrew Greig's new book is also an exploration of Desire, Loss and Renewal in our lives. Combining quest narrative, shaggy-dog story, lyricism, meditations and eclectic 'sampling', the poem propels us from Glencoe to Katmundu, by flying carpet to Cambridge, into the High Atlas Mountains, on to Marrakech, returning to the Celtic kingdom of Dalriada for a show-down on a pier in East Fife.

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