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Swimming In The Flood
  • Published: 30 November 2011
  • ISBN: 9781448114887
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 64
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Swimming In The Flood

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The latest collection by one of Britain's finest, and most successful, young poets

A breakthrough book of poetry by one of the most exciting young poets in Britain. Dealing with issues of childhood, betrayal and domestic and sexual violence, SWIMMING IN THE FLOOD is Burnside's darkest and most powerful collection yet.
  • Published: 30 November 2011
  • ISBN: 9781448114887
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 64
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About the author

John Burnside

John Burnside was among the most acclaimed writers of his generation. His novels, short stories, poetry and memoirs won numerous awards, including the Geoffrey Faber Memorial, Saltire Scottish Book of the Year and, in 2023, he received the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime’s achievement in literature. In 2011 Black Cat Bone won both the Forward and the T.S. Eliot Prizes for poetry. He died in 2024.

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