Another reviewer of this poetry book said it was so current that some of the themes were in today’s headlines, and that’s still true and noticeable when reading this latest offering from Andy Carrington. You’ll find references to Muhammed Ali’s death: “Last week the media/praised a (dead) MUHAMMAD/ALI/without ever mentioning/his religion;/this week, there is a new killer/with brown skin/thought to be a ‘RADICAL ISLAMIST’/(though it’s yet to be confirmed)”, Euro 2016: “The idiots are here/with their drunken yells of ‘NO SURRENDER/TO THE IRA!’/(outside an IRISH pub)”, the EU referendum: “Sick to death of hearing bout the referendum/(they all talk shit)”, Ghostbusters: “…it’s a crime against humanity that GHOSTBUSTERS/is being re-made”, and the Orlando shooting: “Fuck homophobia/in its arse”.

So this is a collection that I recommend reading whilst it’s still contemporary, but at the same time, the themes in this poetry have been contemporary for far too long and will sadly continue to be so, therefore this book will equally stand the test of time

Just listing some of the titles in this collection will give you a good idea of what to expect:

‘£1.50 to Draw Out My Own Money’
‘Everything You Read in THE SUN is a Lie’
‘TV is Shit’
‘Tony Blair’s Face Still Gets on My Tits’
‘Another Local Boozer Gone’
‘M is for McMURDER’
‘Over 4 Quid for a Watered-Down CARLSBERG’
‘What Happened to this CUNTry?’

Carrington is a much needed voice in this modern world of propaganda, injustice and hate. I recommend that you not only read this book yourself – whoever you may be, you need to read it – I also recommend you buy this book for other people to read and that they buy it for other people too, ‘cos Carrington is a poet whose words should be heard by all.

Although I am a bit pissed off to find out that it’s the Carringtons of this world who piss over toilet seats. But discovering that he does it out of protest, makes it a little more understandable.

“APATHY WILL KILL US ALL/… when all that’s left is mediocrity/and each day just bleeds into the n ( )