Clever Backbone

by John Agard

John Agard has been broadening the canvas of British poetry for the past 40 years with his mischievous, satirical fables. In "Clever Backbone", the Guyanese-born word magician plays havoc with biology and makes a monkey out of Darwinian evolution - on the occasion of the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his "Origin of Species". His "Alternative Anthem: Selected Poems" (with DVD) is published at...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185224822X
• ISBN13: 9781852248222
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Bloodaxe Books
• Length: 74 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 4.9" x 7.5"