Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt
Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt
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‘Yes, it was be there or be square as, clad in the slum chic of the hipster, he issued the slang anthems of the zip age in the desperate esperanto of the bop. John Cooper Clarke: the name behind the hairstyle, the words walk in the grooves hacking through the hi-fi paradise of true luxury’ Punk.
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Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt by John Cooper Clarke
‘Yes, it was be there or be square as, clad in the slum chic of the hipster, he issued the slang anthems of the zip age in the desperate esperanto of the bop. John Cooper Clarke: the name behind the hairstyle, the words walk in the grooves hacking through the hi-fi paradise of true luxury’ Punk. Poet. Pioneer. The Bard of Salford’s seminal collection is as scabrous, wry & vivid now as it was when first published over 25 years ago. ‘The godfather of British performance poetry’ Daily Telegraph
The godfather of British performance poetry * Daily Telegraph *
Smart, rude and angry -- Simon Hattenstone * Guardian *
There are a legion of new young poets who rightly pay homage to Cooper Clarke -- Julian Hall * Independent *
A poet who writes about darkness and decay but makes people laugh, a human cartoon, a gentleman punk, a man who has stayed exactly the same for thirty years but never grown staleJohn Cooper Clarke is an original -- Claire Smith * Scotsman *
Smart, rude and angry -- Simon Hattenstone * Guardian *
There are a legion of new young poets who rightly pay homage to Cooper Clarke -- Julian Hall * Independent *
A poet who writes about darkness and decay but makes people laugh, a human cartoon, a gentleman punk, a man who has stayed exactly the same for thirty years but never grown staleJohn Cooper Clarke is an original -- Claire Smith * Scotsman *
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780099583769 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099583763 |
| Title | Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt |
| Author | John Cooper Clarke |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2012-09-20 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |