John Greening's remarkable Omniscience takes its title from a long playful sequence at the core of this work. The book examines Darwin, Bunsen burners, Newton, and Alchemy among other things, sharing all we know while obliterating us from the universe. Rhetorically stunning, emotionally charged, and meticulously constructed, Omniscience makes perfect, profound sense.
John Greening is an English poet, playwright, and critic. He studied at the universities of Swansea, Mannheim and Exeter and has won several major honours, including an Arvon Prize, the Bridport Prize, a Cholmondeley Award, a Hawthornden Fellowship and a Scottish Arts Council Award. He has written numerous poetry collections and plays.