{"product_id":"shoulder-tap","title":"Shoulder Tap","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eShoulder Tap\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMaurice Riordan\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780571367115\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eFaber \u0026amp; Faber\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2021\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRiordan's fifth collection of poems is both a dark art and an illuminating interrogation of contemporary anxiety and desire.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Maurice Riordan's keenly anticipated new collection continues his agile exploration of time, both in its depredations and rewards, while also bringing a sceptical, enquiring intelligence to bear on the anxieties and vanities of our age. Here we have disquieting songs of a mutable self; a projected online deathbed confession; the soul haranguing the body; while encounters with ghostly feet and tongues of fire consort with riffs on Baudelaire, Rilke and Old English. These poems pulse with mischief and macabre humor, making for a pungent and haunting read. With this book, Riordan - a poet whose subtle, rippling influence is felt by all in his wake - affirms the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e's assessment of \u003ci\u003eThe Water Stealer\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) as strong, wise and enduring.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Shoulder Tap | Maurice Riordan | Regular hardback | 9780571367115 | New | Poetry 1373402","offer_id":50558291706114,"sku":"1373402","price":32.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/41gIXU4o7BL.jpg?v=1790654795","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/shoulder-tap","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}