“His life’s work is like a dark, glittering, ethereal yet earthy river of thought, full of angels, ghosts, nocturnes, animals. These are books as brimming with spirit & light as they are with eroticism & violence”
—Seán Hewitt on John Burnside’s poetry & fiction
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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/11/where-to-start-with-john-burnside
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