description: Ian Duhig has long inspired a fervent and devoted following. With The Lammas Hireling - the title poem having already won both the National Poetry Competition and the Forward Prize for Best Poem - Duhig has produced his most accessible and exciting volume to date, and looks set to reach a whole new audience. A poet of lightning wit and great erudition, Duhig is also a master balladeer and storyteller who shows that poetry is still the most powerful way in which our social history - our lives, loves and work - can be celebrated and commemorated.
language: English
title: The Lammas Hireling
titlecomplete: The Lammas Hireling
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 23
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry
publisher: Pan MacMillan