Apostasy by John Burnside

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Apostasy is a remarkable new collection of fourteen poems by John Burnside, one of the UK’s foremost poets. A child struggles to reconcile a received Catholic world-view with a mor e instinctive and passionate paganism. A deep connection with the natural world offers an imaginative and spiritual freedom. ‘For my money, John Burnside is by far the best British poet alive.’ Cressida Connolly, The Spectator Dare-Gale Press Show more