The Disguise

The acclaimed poet Christopher Reid distils Charles Boyle's six books of poems into The Disguise: Poems 1977-2001 , recovering a notable one-time poet, now known as a publisher and writer of fiction and non-fiction, from poetic neglect. Charles Boyle established a reputation as a sharp, wry, disabused observer of social mores. Paleface , published by Faber, was shortlisted for the Forward Prize, and The Age of Cardboard and String , also from Faber, was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize and t