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Subhuman Redneck Poems

By Les Murray
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By Les Murray
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Winner of the 1996 T. S. Eliot Prize for the Best Book of Poetry in English

Joseph Brodsky once said of Les Murray: "He is, quite simply, the one by whom the language lives." In these darkly funny and deeply observant Subhuman Redneck Poems, farmers, fathers, poverty-stricken pioneers, and people blackened by the grist of sugar mills are exposed to the blazing midday sun of Murray's linguistic powers. Richly inventive, tenderly detailed, and fiercely honest, these poems both surprise and exp...

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PoetryAustralian, New Zealand, & Pacific Island PoetryAustralian poetry->20th century1996 T. S. Eliot PrizePoetry AwardsT. S. Eliot PrizeAll Winners - T. S. Eliot Prize