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jazzy_daveJohn Cooper Clarke "The Luckiest Guy Alive" (Picador)
I found this somewhat disappointing, I'm afraid. Would certainly be better as an audiobook, or better yet a live performance, however, on the page, the Bard of Salford failed to maintain interest. There were a couple of verbal flourishes which hit the mark, but also, if I'm not mistaken, there was a whiff of both homophobia ("Your Metrosexual Ex") and transphobia ("Crossing the Floor"). I'd hope to be mistaken about Clarke's intent in those poems, but the others didn't take away the bad taste of those two.
I found this somewhat disappointing, I'm afraid. Would certainly be better as an audiobook, or better yet a live performance, however, on the page, the Bard of Salford failed to maintain interest. There were a couple of verbal flourishes which hit the mark, but also, if I'm not mistaken, there was a whiff of both homophobia ("Your Metrosexual Ex") and transphobia ("Crossing the Floor"). I'd hope to be mistaken about Clarke's intent in those poems, but the others didn't take away the bad taste of those two.
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