A review by jcovey
The Book of Nightmares by Galway Kinnell

5.0

I thought I'd heard the old idea that love is what makes our short and moribund lives worth living in so many ways from so many places that surely it could never again have an impact. Then Galway Kinnel comes along and says it afresh, "The wages of dying is love." Knocked my socks off. And it was by no means the only line in here to do so. I had to pick my socks up from across the room about once a page.