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Synopsis
The debut collection from Cardiff performance poet Christopher Brooke. Launched to critical acclaim this is poetry on the margins that ranges from the bleak to the tender, from documentary realism to dark humour and always with the story-teller's eye for precise detail. "the best new writing to come out of Wales in 2006. It's funny, sad, exasperating... Those of you who think you don't like poetry, you might, very much, like this collection. Buy it. Take it to a pub. Read it. You'll be happy." Niall Griffiths, Red-Handed "The genius of technique is there… five-sense reality has been scientifically questioned… ironic pessimism lit by humour. There is much to admire." New Hope International Review "Brooke enthrals, extends and entertains… a poetry of velocity… Want to know where we are in this English-speaking south east corner of the enormous world? Read Christopher Brooke." Peter Finch "Seldom does one come across a writer whose juxtaposition of the commonplace, the seemingly banal, with sharp knife blade cuts so neatly designed to gently provoke before giving one a sharp neat stab. … one is left feeling privileged to have been allowed to read this work." Frances Medley "Chris Brooke… can create a mood, roll a rhythm, ride a line & turn a phrase. A fine first collection merging wordcraft and dark humour. Well, well overdue." Lloyd Robson
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