Viva Loch Lomond by Elvis Mcgonagall
Viva Loch Lomond! collects the greatest hits of stand-up poet, comedian and broadcaster Elvis McGonagall in one volume for the first time. Witty, satirical but not afraid to be plain daft, Elvis McGonagall’s work takes aim at our septic isle of zero-hours contracts, food banks and cup-cakery. From Scottish independence to the “war on terror” via turbo-capitalist greed; from Blair and Bush to Dave and Boris via the death of Thatcher; from William Wallace’s taste for cheese to the Queen’s love of gangsta rap VIA BREXIT AND TRUMPERY, Elvis kicks against the injustices of austerity Britain but still finds time to wax lyrical about the joys of whisky, Greek islands and life in a godforsaken rural idyll. Viva Loch Lomond! lays bare the workings of his befuddled mind as he scribbled these poems from the dubious comfort of his revolting armchair at the Graceland Caravan Park.
Stand-up poet, comedian and broadcaster, armchair revolutionary and walking shortbread tin Elvis McGonagall resides at the Graceland Caravan Park just outside Brigadoon where he scribbles satirical verse while drinking malt whisky and listening to Johnny Cash. Two series of his sitcom "Elvis McGonagall Takes a Look on the Bright Side" have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4, where he appears regularly as well as popping up now and then on the telly. Elvis is the 2006 World Slam champion, the compère of the Blue Suede Sporran Club and performs at literary and music festivals, comedy and cabaret clubs, pubs and dodgy dives up and down the country and abroad. Elvis also gigs with his band The Resurrectors, "an unholy marriage of whisky-soaked, radical, stand-up poetry and Caledonian punkabilly rock ’n’ roll”. The band’s debut album "Gie’ It Laldy!" and the EP “Burstin’ Oot In Fairy Lights” are available on Bar-Ox Records. And he occasionally moonlights as Chairman Wow, chief word-slinger and vocalist with funk collective The People’s Republic of Groove. A deftly witty wordsmith, sharp and subversive but not afraid to be plain daft, Elvis has been kicking down the rotting doors of power since 2003. And look at the state of the world now. So that’s 20+ years of ruined footwear and not the slightest hint of a glorious revolution to show for it.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781909136915 |
| ISBN 10 | 1909136913 |
| Title | Viva Loch Lomond |
| Author | Elvis Mcgonagall |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Burning Eye Books |
| Year published | 2017-06-12 |
| Number of pages | 100 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |