Review
... a contemporary who should endure over the life of our language One of the finest lyric poets of our century Longley may not possess, or want, the international glamour of some of his contemporaries, but the poems in Gorse Fires, both individually and collectively, bewitch with the magic of coherence Guardian A keeper of the artistic estate, a custodian of griefs and wonders
Book Description
'Few living poets can write as perceptively and as movingly... The tragic vision expressed throughout the collection makes Gorse Fires burn with grim intensity. This is major work.'
John Banville, Independent on Sunday