From the phenomenally bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time comes Mark Haddon's first collection of poems.

That Mark Haddon's first book after The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is a book of poetry may surprise his many fans; that it is also one of such virtuosity and range will not.

The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea reveals a poet of great versatility and formal talent. All the gifts so admired in Haddon's prose are in strong evidence here - the humanity, the dark humour, and the uncanny ventriloquism - but Haddon is also a writer of considerable seriousness, lyric power, and surreal invention. This book will consolidate his reputation as one of the most imaginative writers in contemporary literature.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 04/11/2006
ISBN: 9780307275691
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.22lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.26w x 0.26d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 04/03/2006 pg. 41
Entertainment Weekly 04/14/2006 pg. 92
Library Journal 08/15/2006 pg. 90
Library Journal 08/01/2006 pg. 90