From the Publisher
"Leontia Flynn disentangles complicated feelings with extraordinary elan and maturity. She has a natural's feel for cadence and melody, and launches her singing line boldly and with a propulsion that energises her often elaborate syntax . . . Affectionate and truculent by turns, disenchanted but relishing the world around her, quick-witted and big-hearted, Leontia Flynn looks like the real thing." —Michael Longley
"Flynn's is one of the most strikingly original and exciting poetic voices to have emerged from Northern Ireland since the extraordinary debut by Muldoon 35 years ago . . . She doesn't put a foot wrong on the page." —Fran Brearton
"Leontia Flynn really has something special . . . the achieved voice and assurance of a poet who knows exactly what she is talking about." —John Burnside
EBOOK COMMENTARY
"Leontia Flynn disentangles complicated feelings with extraordinary elan and maturity. She has a natural's feel for cadence and melody, and launches her singing line boldly and with a propulsion that energises her often elaborate syntax . . . Affectionate and truculent by turns, disenchanted but relishing the world around her, quick-witted and big-hearted, Leontia Flynn looks like the real thing." —Michael Longley
"Flynn's is one of the most strikingly original and exciting poetic voices to have emerged from Northern Ireland since the extraordinary debut by Muldoon 35 years ago . . . She doesn't put a foot wrong on the page." —Fran Brearton
"Leontia Flynn really has something special . . . the achieved voice and assurance of a poet who knows exactly what she is talking about." —John Burnside