Viva Loch Lomond - Couverture souple

McGonagall, Elvis

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1909136913 ISBN 13 : 9781909136915

Editeur : Burning Eye Books, 2017

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Viva Loch Lomond! is the first full length collection of poems published by the stand-up poet, comedian and broadcaster Elvis McGonagall.

It features pieces from his hit Edinburgh Fringe Festival shows One Man and His Doggerel and Countrybile together with a number of greatest hits, B-sides and previously unpublished gems. Deftly 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 Kirsty Allsopp cup-cakery and beyond. 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, Elvis kicks against the pricks and the injustices inherent in austerity Britain but still finds time to wax lyrical about the joys of whisky, Greek islands and the godforsaken rural idyll where he currently abides.

His tightly written quick-fire verse, shot through with his customary moral umbrage and rhetorical power, is here annotated with his own irreverent explanatory notes highlighting the workings of his befuddled mind as he scribbled these poems from the dubious comfort of his revolting armchair at the Graceland Caravan Park.

The book also features fabulous illustrations from the acclaimed artist Tony Kerins. And a poem about Vincent Van Gogh's left ear.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Stand-up poet, armchair revolutionary and recumbent rocker, Elvis McGonagall is the sole resident of The Graceland Caravan Park somewhere in the middle of nowhere where he scribbles verse whilst drinking malt whisky and listening to Johnny Cash. Elvis is the 2006 World Slam Champion, the compere of the notorious Blue Suede Sporran Club and appears regularly on BBC Radio 4 and occasionally on the telly. His sitcom, Elvis McGonagall Takes A Look On The Bright Side was recently broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Burning Eye Books
• Date d'édition: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1909136913
• ISBN 13: 9781909136915
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 100