Paul Durcan is one of Ireland's most popular and controversial poets. Since the publication of his first book in 1967, he has made satirical, celebratory and moving poetry out of his and his country's fortunes and misfortunes. This collection contains a number of new poems as well as poems from Endsville, Teresa's Bar, The Berlin Wall Cafe, and Going Home to Russia. The author's book Daddy, Daddy won the Whitbread Poetry Award in 1990.