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a book of really good poems.It is a graphicnovel without the artwork,a Sam Spade movie without motion or sound,acompelling social commentary without complicated language and a detectivestory without any of the boring bits.It's also one hell ofa good idea and aneven better read.\"  \n-Richard Turtle,Editor  \n\"In a few thousand words Martin Durkin presents us with a detective novel,alove story,a meditation on male bonding and an extended love letter to thecity of Hamilton.The language is note perfect for the denizens of TheHammer'.\"  \n-Chris Faiers,Recipient of the Milton Acorn People's Poetry Medal  \n\"An unusual and remarkably rich and evocative narrative told so adeptly byan author who knows how to use in almost impossibly few words to engagethe reader.Durkin brings Hamilton and its characters to life,stanza bystanza.\"  \n-Graham Crawford,Owner Hamilton HIStory+HERitage  \nThe detective story-the violence,the darkness of the city only a murderinvestigator knows.The memoir-the characters are so fully drawn in sparelanguage.The love story-It's written for Mary,shared through the voice of aretired detective sharing his sense of loss,and his longing for the woman heloved.The poetry-sad Irish,honest,gritty,ironic,cinematic.This long poemconveys a sense of history reminiscent of,'In Search of Owen Roblin'.Durkinhas a voice that recalls Al Purdy's.”  \n-Lindi Pierce:Heritage writer,and member ofthe  \nLocal and National Al Purdy A-frame Association Boards  \nAcclaim for Martin Durkin  \n\"Martin Durkin is one of those rare people who can look at life through AlPurdy's glas..and then reflect his own light with ours.\"  \n-Glenn Dazé,Editor of Sound of Quish  \n\"Martin Durkin reaches deep inside to write with passion and intuitiveness.\"  \n-Sandra Thornhill,Editor of Carve the Word POET for my Epitaph  \n\"Martin Durkin is aworking man's poet..the poetry refreshingly accessible...and honest.\"  \n-John Pigeau,Author of The Nothing Waltz  \n...For those who have moved on to enjoy the works of Michael Ondaatje andperhaps even the darker writings of Margaret Atwood,afresh local voice hasdébuted.\"  \n-Mary Hartling,The Intelligencer Arts Review  \n\"Durkin has served his apprenticeship well in mastering the deceptivelycasual language and techniques of Al Purdy and others,and with this book hetakes a long step forward into the ranks of Canadian poets of consequence.\"  \n-Chris Faiers,Recipient of the Milton Acorn People's Poetry Medal  \n## Other books by Martin Durkin\n\nThe Sound of Quish2004 Hidden Brook Press  \nHypnotic Childhood◎2002 MED Publishing  \nCopyright ◎2014 by Martin Durkin  \n\"This book is a work of fiction.the names,characters,places and incidents areproducts of the writers imagination or have been used fictitiously and are not to beconstrued as real.Any resemblance to persons,living or dead,actual events,locales ororganizations is entirely coincidental\"  \nPublisher:CrazyIrishman Poetry  \nEditor:Richard Turtle  \nCover and book design:Kelly Bacon  \n(Sketch):Mary Doran  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced,distributed,ortransmitted in any form or by any means,including photocopying,recording,or otherelectronic or mechanical methods,without the prior written permission of thepublisher,except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews andcertain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.For permissionrequests,contact the publisher,addressed \"Attention:Permissions Coordinator,\"atthe information below:  \nCrazyIrishman Poetryhttp://crazyirishman.wordpress.com/  \nPrinted with Blurb creative publishing servicehttp://www.blurb.ca/  \nLibrary and Archives Canada Cataloging-in-Publication dataDurkin,Martin.  \nSteelTown For Mary:Memoirs From a Dick /Martin Durkin.ISBN 978-0-9937741-0-2  \n## 1.The main category of the book-Poems\n\nFirst Edition 2014","cbCaibWxT5vlIDL0","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibWxT5vlIDL0","pdf",3131927,104,"English","# Other books 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