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Mister Hamilton
John Dickson
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Description for Mister Hamilton
Paperback. Shot-through with veins of jazz, rock and blues, quizzical religiosity and a streak of the absurd, this book takes a fresh look at the streets and lawns and people of urban and suburban "Pig Island" and offers some thoughtful, wisely pitched and immensely likeable poems. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBN; DCF; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 113.
Mister Hamilton, John Dickson’s first collection in eighteen years, is an appealing, questioning mix of elements. Over a base of South Island bedrock (granite, schist, greywacke), Dickson has peopled this quietly fiery collection with day-to-day working voices and narratives, sometimes comic, sometimes tragic, sometimes charged with a political consciousness and lyrical intensity. Shot-through with veins of jazz, rock and blues, quizzical religiosity and a streak of the absurd, this book takes a fresh look at the streets and lawns and people of urban and suburban ‘Pig Island’ and offers some thoughtful, wisely pitched and immensely likeable poems. And who is ... Read more
Mister Hamilton, John Dickson’s first collection in eighteen years, is an appealing, questioning mix of elements. Over a base of South Island bedrock (granite, schist, greywacke), Dickson has peopled this quietly fiery collection with day-to-day working voices and narratives, sometimes comic, sometimes tragic, sometimes charged with a political consciousness and lyrical intensity. Shot-through with veins of jazz, rock and blues, quizzical religiosity and a streak of the absurd, this book takes a fresh look at the streets and lawns and people of urban and suburban ‘Pig Island’ and offers some thoughtful, wisely pitched and immensely likeable poems. And who is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Auckland University Press New Zealand
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
Number of Pages
88
Place of Publication
Auckland, New Zealand
ISBN
9781869408558
SKU
V9781869408558
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About John Dickson
Descended from a mix of Irish, Scots and English ancestors, John Dickson was born in 1944 at Milton, South Otago. He attended Southland Boys’ High School and the University of Otago. John worked at The Bill Robertson Library in Dunedin for many years, and was Burns Fellow at the University of Otago in 1988. He is the author of the ... Read more
Reviews for Mister Hamilton
John Dickson's conversation with himself about poetry is not only serious and thought-provoking but also witty and entertaining…once I'd found Dicksons' wavelength I felt grateful for the work, the patience, the talent and the good humour that has gone into these poems""- Landfall 196, review of sleeper (AUP,1998).