John Newton (9) (1959–)

I liked this collection of poetry - John Newton's second, coming 25 years after the first - better and better as it went along. The first section, a 'novella' in poetic form set in Sydney, is well-written but didn't do much to interest me - Sydneysiders might feel differently! A number of individual poems follow, none better than "Opening the Book", but the final section, a series of sonnets about various literary figures, mainly 20th century American writers, is outstanding and is worth the show more price of the book in itself. show less