Opia

Moore Alan

"Opia", Alan Moore's first collection of poems, introduces a virtuoso poet capable of an unusual range of forms, tones and images. Central to the book is a sequence of sonnets which unfolds the drama of a doomed love affair, with France and Ireland as its backdrop. Elsewhere, Alan Moore adopts a series of masks and voices, from the comic to the serious, and engages in a dazzling succession of scene-changes. "Opia" is a first book of exceptional energy and inventiveness; it is one of the most assured debuts in recent Irish poetry.

About the Author

Alan Moore was born in 1960 in Dublin, Ireland, where he now lives. A graduate in English and Philosophy of University College, Dublin. For some years he worked in the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, followed by a stint in legal publishing, before founding a successful tax consultancy in Dublin. He is also a crime novelist, teacher, business adviser and the author of several professional books. His first collection of poems, "Opia" (1986) was a Poetry Book Society Choice.

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