The power and precision of his best poems are a delight, and as a first collection Death of a Naturalist is outstanding. Christopher Ricks, New Statesman
I have completely persuaded myself that he is a poet of unusual quality, a poet to be grateful for.' Karl Miller, The Critics, BBC
'The full-blooded energy of these poems make Death of a Naturalist the best first book of poems I've read for some time C. B. Cox. Spectator
Seamus Heaney writes with the authority of a man who has his own vision of the world, and his own voice. John Press, Punch
"What delights, in poem after poem, is the accuracy and freshness with which sense-impressions are recorded Richard Kell, Guardian
"His childhood landscape has acquired the validity of myth Michael Longley, Irish Times
"We confidently expect him to broaden his range and our imaginative estate. John Hewitt, Belfast Telegraph
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