WHAT
13 February 2025Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Dr John Cooper Clarke's dazzling, scabrous voice has reverberated through pop culture for decades, his influence on generations of performance poets and musicians plain for all to see. In WHAT, the original 'People's Poet' comes storming out of the gate with an uproarious new collection, reminding us why he is one of Britain's most beloved writers and performers. James Brown,...
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13 February 202564 pages
9781035033195Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A big-hearted poet of boundless humour and unmistakable styleKit Fan, The Guardian
A rhymer to be reckoned with . . . with a panache contemporary poets should aspire to and respectThe Sunday Times
A primordial gift for languageFinancial Times
I say to people, “Have you heard of John Cooper Clarke?” and if they say, “Yes, yeah he’s an absolute genius” and you just go, “Oh – OK, you’ve saved me a lot of time.”Steve Coogan
