num_pages: 288
description: Paul Durcan is one of Ireland's most popular and controversial poets. Since the publication of his first book in 1967, he has made satirical, celebratory and moving poetry out of his and his country's fortunes and misfortunes. This collection a number of new poems as well as poems from "Endsville", "Teresa's Bar", "The Berlin Wall Cafe", and "Going Home to Russia". The author's book "Daddy, Daddy" won the Whitbread Poetry Award in 1990.
language: English
title: A Snail in My Prime: New and Selected Poems
titlecomplete: A Snail in My Prime: New and Selected Poems (Penguin Poets)
genres: Ireland, Poetry, Irish Literature
ratings_count: 48
publisher: Penguin Books