Main Man
Michael Hofmann, 7 July 1994
Walking Possession: Essays and Reviews 1968-1993
by Ian Hamilton.
Bloomsbury, 302 pp., £20, May 1994,0 7475 1712 6 Show More
by Ian Hamilton.
Bloomsbury, 302 pp., £20, May 1994,
“... poetry. The title poem ‘The Visit’: They’ve let me walk with you As far as this high wall. The placid smiles Of our new friends, the old incurables, Pursue us lovingly. Their boyish, suntanned heads, Their ancient arms Outstretched, belong to you. Although your head still burns Your hands remember me. There is an echo of Yeats (impossible to ... ”