num_pages: 96
description: Containing poems written by Edwin Morgan during the past six years, this collection looks at human life from a variety of perspectives, encompassing a range of themes, the foremost of which is history. This new work displays the author's characteristic willingness to experiment with a variety of subjects, from the history of cancer to the new Scottish parliament.
language: English
title: A Book of Lives
titlecomplete: A Book of Lives (Poetry Book Society Recommendation)
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 37
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry
publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd.