The Disguise: Selected Poems by Charles Boyle Charles Boyle As antagonisms and intimacies converge

As antagonisms and intimacies converge

Old World history and myth

Its voyages to alternative futures and pasts echo those of Herbert’s merchantman father

Prose poetry is at the cutting edge of contemporary writing

hospitals (his visits) and wonderful ambulances (his transports)

The Disguise: Selected Poems by Charles Boyle Charles Boyle As antagonisms and intimacies convergeThe acclaimed poet Christopher Reid distils Charles Boyle's six books of poems into The Disguise: Selected Poems 1977 2001, recovering a notable one time poet, now known as a publisher and writer of fiction and non fiction, from poetic neglect. Charles Boyle established a reputation as a sharp, wry, disabused observer of social mores. Paleface, published by Faber, was shortlisted for the Forward Prize, and The Age of Cardboard and String, also from