Sentenced to Life by Clive James Mary O'malley ‘Arguably the most distinctive truth

‘Arguably the most distinctive truth teller to emerge in British poetry…Despite her thematic preoccupations

'Her rhymes have a driving quality

This is the first comprehensive critical anthology of modern poetry in Irish with English translations

is not better heard than read is good poetry’

but this revisiting is quite different in style and mood

Sentenced to Life by Clive James Mary O'malley ‘Arguably the most distinctive truthIn his insightful collection of poems Clive James looks back over an extraordinarily rich life with a clear eyed and unflinching honesty. There are regrets, but no trace of self pity in these verses, which for all their open dealings with death and illness are primarily a celebration of what is treasurable and memorable in our time here. Again and again, James reminds us that he is not only a poet of effortless wit and lyric accomplishment: he is also