
Angel Hill
A Guardian / Herald Scotland Book of the Year
Winner of the 2017 PEN Pinter prize
Shortlisted for the 2017 Forward Prize
A remote townland in County Mayo, Carrigskeewaun has been for nearly fifty years Michael Longley’s home-from-home, his soul-landscape. Its lakes and mountains, wild animals and flowers, its moody seas and skies have for decades lit up his poetry. Now they overflow into Angel Hill,...
A Guardian / Herald Scotland Book of the Year
Winner of the 2017 PEN Pinter prize
Shortlisted for the 2017 Forward Prize
A remote townland in County Mayo, Carrigskeewaun has been for nearly fifty years Michael Longley’s home-from-home, his soul-landscape. Its lakes and mountains, wild animals and flowers, its moody seas and skies have for decades lit up his poetry. Now they overflow into Angel Hill,...