
The Toll
by Luke Wright
Title:
The Toll
Author:
Luke Wright
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
94 pages
Publisher:
Penned in the Margins
ISBN-13:
9781908058423
EAN:
9781908058423
Classifications:
Poetry
Weight (g):
264
Dimensions (mm):
216 x 145 x 9
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
An escaped lion roams the streets of Essex;a lonely pensioner holds a tower block fete; ,brand a young woman dreams of leaving home.Travel the unfashionable A-roads and commuter lines of England -'where industry meets marsh'- with poet Luke Wright. In his stunning new collection, discover a country riven by inequality and corruption but sustained by a surreal, gallow's humour. The Toll combines the elegaic with the anarchic, placing uproarious satire cheek-by-jowl with wild experiments in form and touching poems of parenthood.In this mature follow-up to his best-selling debut, Mondeo Man, Wright captures the strain of austerity Britain, speaking truth to power and registering the toll it takes on us all.












