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    Revolver
    Revolver
    Revolver
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    Revolver

    By Kevin Connolly

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    The highly anticipated follow-up to the award-winning poetry collection Drift, Kevin Connolly's Revolver is a daring marriage of brilliant technical skill and explosive imagination. Each of the poems in this extraordinary collection is written in a different vocal register -- revolving through poetic voices with precise control and sharp wit. Connolly reveals himself to be one of the few poets in Canada who can pull off such a high wire act, and make it both thrilling and meaningful.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHouse of Anansi Press
    Release dateApr 1, 2008
    ISBN9780887849350
    Revolver
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    Kevin Connolly

    Kevin Connolly grew up in Bailieborough, Co Cavan. In 1982, he opened the Winding Stair Bookshop and Café in Dublin, and in 1995, a second branch in Sligo. After a decade in the US, he has now returned to live in Sligo.

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