Cask Strength - Couverture souple

Elvis McGonagall

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1913958655 ISBN 13 : 9781913958657

Editeur : Burning Eye Books, 2026

Synopsis

Staggering through the heather like a ramfeezled Monarch of the Glen after a night on the randan, Elvis McGonagall is back with his trademark blend of satirical verse, anarchic wit and dazzling Weltschmerz as he takes a spin round Bus-Replacement-Service Britain and beyond. War, famine, pestilence, and Gregg Wallace.

What a world. The apricot hellbeast is slouching round The White House, Babylon’s burning and God’s too busy taking selfies and posting TikTok videos to notice. But dinnae fash yersel. Just find a comfy chair, open a bottle of single malt and join Elvis as he desperately searches for some silver lining in the gathering storm clouds. From BYO boozy Bozza bantz to Sir Keir’s karaoke toolshed via Marxist cockerpoos and tech-bro-billionaire bullshit, it’s all here in “Cask Strength”, 5 years’ worth of 50 degree proof poetry – think Ken Dodd’s “Happiness” sung by Leonard Cohen. With pictures for those who don’t like words.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Burning Eye Books
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1913958655
• ISBN 13: 9781913958657
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Tony Kerins
• Nombre de pages: 92
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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