An Awful Racket

by Rita Ann Higgins

Paperback

First published September 1, 2001

Reviews

[Molly Mahoney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another excellent collection. At once raw and heartwarming, oscillating between high jinx and grief, Higgins’ speaks for and with the working class and the Irish dispossessed on patriarchy, poverty, mental health and more. Notable poems in this collection for me were: ‘Black Dog in My Docs Day’ and ‘The Sentence’ (yes, I may have cried). I can’t wait to read the next anthology.