http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/culture/arts/classics_in_the_making
He writes ‘Among many interesting books in a rich year were Paul Batchelor’s The Sinking Road (Bloodaxe), Peter Bennet’s The Glass Swarm (Flambard), Julia Bird’s Hannah And The Monk (Salt) and Alistair Elliot’s The Real Poems (Shoestring). There’s also The Lost Leader (Faber) by Mick Imlah, Life On Earth (Gallery) by Derek Mahon, Stephen Romer’s Yellow Studio (Carcanet), Anne Rouse’s The Upshot: New And Selected Poems (Bloodaxe) and The Land Of Green Ginger (Salt) by Anthony Rowland.’
It’s that ‘There’s also…’ that does it. Congratulations on bumping Mick Imlah and Derek Mahon into the ’second best’ category.
I dunno about that!
Great to see that Mr O’Brien enjoyed your fine book. It was surely one of my favourites too.