Download or read book The Dancers Inherit the Party written by Ian Hamilton Finlay and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2004 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ian Hamilton Finlay's early literary work has been overshadowed by his later achievements in the visual arts, particularly the garden at Little Sparta. This anthology is therefore a welcome volume, to which Ken Cockburn provides an introduction. The mordant wit of a story like "The Money" about an artist's financial situation, still has contemporary relevance; and the poems - particularly the Orkney lyrics and the "Glasgow Beasts" - shimmer with elegy, bright humour and intelligence.