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Piccadilly Bongo Jeremy Reed

Piccadilly Bongo By Jeremy Reed

Piccadilly Bongo by Jeremy Reed


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Summary

Includes a CD of Soho Songs from the pop legend and Britain's leading torch singer Marc Almond.

Piccadilly Bongo Summary

Piccadilly Bongo by Jeremy Reed

Piccadilly Bongo finds Jeremy Reed, described by Pete Doherty as 'a legend', at his most imaginatively brilliant, writing about his particular London milieu, and most often Soho. The collection, fuelled by breathtaking imagery, is complemented by a CD of Soho Songs from the pop legend and Britain's leading torch singer Marc Almond, as a unique collaboration expressive of deeply-felt, evocative Piccadilly associations. The creative sympathies shared by the two artists is not only a first for poetry, but a powerfully original fusion of energies focused on the Piccadilly ethos of Johnny Go Home.

Piccadilly Bongo Reviews

'Jeremy Reed's talent is almost extraterrestrial in its brilliance. He is Rimbaud reconfigured as the Man who fell to Earth, a visitor from deep space whose time machine was designed by Lautreamont and de Sade, and powered by the most exotic fuels the imagination has ever devised.' J.G. Ballard 'When Patti Smith meets Rimbaud at Graceland, the result is Jeremy Reed's Heartbreak Hotel'. Edmund White 'Reed's poetry is full of rich and careful writing, dense with pleasure in words that pleasure the world and waken us to its lovely surprises'. Seamus Heaney.

About Jeremy Reed

Jeremy Reed is Britain's most dynamic, adventurous, controversial and futuristic poet. Called by the Independent 'British poetry's glam, spangly, shape-shifting answer to David Bowie', his poetry, fiction and performances are inimitable in their opposition to grey mainstream poetry. He has published over 40 books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction, winning prestigious literary prizes like the Somerset Maugham Award. When he came to live in London in the 1980s he received he patronage of Francis Bacon. Marc Almond is an internationally acclaimed and successful artist. He has sold over 30 million records worldwide and is an icon and influence to a generation of musicians. He shot to fame in the early 1980s after collaborating with David Ball to form the 'electro duo' Soft Cell. They recorded four albums and had a number of top ten hits including the international classic 'Tainted Love'. After parting amicably from Soft Cell in 1984 Marc Almond has pursued a musical career as a solo artist. He is now the UK's leading torch singer.

Table of Contents

Bono Drag Piccadilly Bongo Polari Johnny Thieves Like Us (Baby Love) Sunglasses Soho Johnny Born to Lose Dorian Gray Billy Shakespeare in Soho Ways to Write a Poem Things I Do What Is Poetry How I Live Talking Poetry Delectations Tearjerker 30 Bedford Square The Mad Yes, You Why I Hate Poetry I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone The Blues Sam Chipped Red Toe Polish Chrysanthemums Japanese Condoms Multitrack Jersey Breakfast Chocolate Mousse Poppy Seed and Cinnamon Parfait J.G. Ballard's Diet and Virtual Foodies A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day) Yellow Irises Berets Some People Bill Franks Russell Hotel Margarita Johnny Dee (Songwriter) Colin Steely Dan Meeting Edmund White Heliogabalus Jack the Ripper Lisa's Ian A Bigger Bang Why the Rolling Stones Are So Skinny Swamp Blues In My Time Ativan The Thin Man Sings Ballads Alien Pete Odd Primaries Light on You London Burn-Out Outlaw Poets When the Lights Go Out

Additional information

GOR003658921
9781904634959
1904634958
Piccadilly Bongo by Jeremy Reed
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Enitharmon Press
20101123
112
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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