Selected Poems 1968–2014 by Paul Muldoon #literature Every element has character

Every element has character

on a visit to the Alhambra palace in Southern Spain

derring do and dogged determination and will appeal as much to fans of World War II history as to those fascinated by the science behind the beams that changed our lives

As this compelling story unfolds

a mass murderer

Selected Poems 1968–2014 by Paul Muldoon #literature Every element has characterSelected Poems 1968 2014 offers forty five years of work drawn from twelve individual collections by a poet who 'began as a prodigy and has gone on to become a virtuoso' (Michael Hofmann). Hailed by Seamus Heaney as 'one of the era's true originals', Muldoon seems determined to escape definition yet this volume, chosen by the poet himself, serves as an indispensable introduction to his trademark combination of intellectual high jinx and emotional