Cask Strength

Elvis McGonagall

ISBN 10: 1913958655 / ISBN 13: 9781913958657

Edité par Burning Eye Books, 2026

New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. N° de réf. du vendeur BS-9781913958657

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.

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 bibliographiques

Titre : Cask Strength
Éditeur : Burning Eye Books
Date d'édition : 2026
Reliure : PAP
Illustrateur : Kerins, Tony
Etat : New