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The Poet

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Originally published 1996
Authors Michael Connelly
Followed by The Scarecrow
Series Jack McEvoy
GenresCrime Fiction
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About The Poet


The Poet is the fifth novel by award-winning American author Michael Connelly. Published in 1996, it is the first of Connelly's novels not to feature Detective Harry Bosch and first to feature Crime Reporter Jack McEvoy. A sequel, The Narrows, was published in 2004. The Poet won the 1997 Dilys Award.

A life too interesting: Shane MacGowan

A life too interesting: Shane MacGowan
Nov 30,2023 1:51 pm

... Streams of Whiskey is a tribute to a MacGowan hero and inspiration, The Poet and playwright Brendan Behan, who once described himself as a " drinker with a writing problem"...

Charlie's Bar, Fermanagh, 'blown away' by Christmas ad response

Charlie's Bar, Fermanagh, 'blown away' by Christmas ad response
Nov 27,2023 7:41 am

... Completely overwhelming The video draws to a close with words from The Poet, WB Yeats: " There are no strangers here, only friends you haven t yet met"...

Simon Armitage: Poet laureate on 'life-changing' visit to the Arctic

Simon Armitage: Poet laureate on 'life-changing' visit to the Arctic
Oct 13,2023 9:41 pm

... " And I started to think that that might be part of the role of The Poet in the contemporary age - to speak up for nature, rather than just use it in a poem...

Pablo Neruda: Chilean poet's death still shrouded in mystery

Pablo Neruda: Chilean poet's death still shrouded in mystery
Sep 23,2023 8:51 pm

... Forensic experts in Canada, Denmark and elsewhere have pored over The Poet s remains in a bid to establish what killed him, but have been unable to provide a definitive answer...

Seamus Heaney: Digging through Nobel Prize winner's legacy

Seamus Heaney: Digging through Nobel Prize winner's legacy
Aug 29,2023 9:50 pm

... Hilary draws a line from Heaney s success to, and - for her, that level of talent wouldn t exist without The Poet s influence...

Town celebrates Robert Burns' first book of poems

Town celebrates Robert Burns' first book of poems
Jul 23,2023 9:10 pm

... The East Ayrshire town plans to mark the anniversary of The Poet s funeral and the publication of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect with a festival featuring poetry and music...

Memorial celebrates 'radical spirit of Scotland' Winnie Ewing

Memorial celebrates 'radical spirit of Scotland' Winnie Ewing
Jul 15,2023 6:20 pm

... Mr Salmond ended by saying The Poet Hugh MacDiarmid had once described Robert Burns as " the true radical spirit of Scotland" and said that is " exactly how we should remember Winnie Ewing"...

Dylan Thomas' copy of first poetry book up for auction

Dylan Thomas' copy of first poetry book up for auction
Jul 11,2023 3:21 pm

... The book includes messages from The Poet to two of his love interests...

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