{"product_id":"9780571367122","title":"Shoulder Tap by Maurice Riordan","description":"SHORTLISTED FOR THE POETRY PIGOTT PRIZE IN ASSOCIATION WITH LISTOWEL WRITERS' WEEKThroughout these poems, with their roaming sense of first-person, the speakers' minds are cavernous and echoic, primal and sophisticated, observant and raw, in and out of control of themselves. The effect is unpredictable and thrilling, at once a dark art and an illumination of unease and loss and wishfulness. The collection features disquieting songs of a mutable self alongside poignant elegies, interior journeys and subtle (and not so subtle) ripostes to the legacy of Trumpism - while elsewhere encounters with ghostly feet and tongues of fire consort with riffs on Baudelaire, Rilke and Laforgue. These poems twinkle with mischief and humour, making for a pungent and haunting read. Riordan - a poet whose strong, rippling influence is felt by all in his wake - affirms his reputation at the forefront of contemporary poetry.,\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback,\u003cbr\u003ePagination: 72 pages","brand":"FABER \u0026 FABER","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44334861123811,"sku":"9780571367122","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1701\/6275\/files\/9780571367122_bdd7e7c3-9f4c-45b9-a425-5bd968bde3a9.jpg?v=1716505429","url":"https:\/\/www.harbourbookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780571367122","provider":"The Harbour Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}