This selection of poems, made by the author, brings together work from his four individual collections published thus far: "A Violent Country" (1969), "After Dark" (1973), "Dreams of the Dead" (1977) and "Mister Punch" (1984). The new poems "The Windhound", "The Analysand" and "Playback" are also included. David Harsent has been the recipient of a number of awards including an Eric Gregory Award, a Cheltenham Festival Prize, a Camden Prize, an Arts Council Poetry Bursary and a Geoffrey Faber Memorial Award.
- ISBN10 0192826026
- ISBN13 9780192826022
- Publish Date 1 March 1989
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 30 April 1999
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Imprint Oxford Paperbacks
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 112
- Language English