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Book SynopsisFilled with acerbic humour and cynical, lyrical, well-crafted verse, Read 'em and Weep is a poetic diatribe, issuing challenges to political governance, corporate greed, unwarranted entitlement and the North/South divide.
Trade Review"With more bile than an overactive gall bladder, Thick Richard is back to put the doss in dossier." - Marvin Cheeseman, poet, raconteur, bon-viveur & lepidopterist; "His work splits sides and rallies spirits in equal measure." - Rob Steventon, Punk in Drublic; "Searing and satirical; he is at once voracious, vehemently opinionated and very very good." - ARGH KiD, wordsmith sensation; "Not just a collection of verse, but a manual for survival." - Dominic Berry, Glastonbury Festival poet-in-residence; "His wit, humour and pinpoint observation, provide a poetic hammer to smash down on all those heart-shaped fingers which perpetuate our oven-ready, sanitised culture." - Andrew Graves, Mulletproof poet; Praise for the author: "Much funnier than William Wordsworth." - Arthur Smith; "His words are rattling and brilliant and shoot life back at you in all its futility and chaos and wonder." - Kae Tempest; "John Cooper Clarke channelling the spirit of Frankie Boyle." - Terry Christian; "I like a bit of fun, but this is ridiculous." - Dr John Cooper Clarke; "Uncompromising biting wit, brutally funny and true. An angry orator, a comedy wiz and super-talented wordsmith!" - Sophie Willan; "His fierce, funny diatribes offer an essential antidote to an ever more sanitised and derivative culture. A unique and authentic working-class voice." - Byron Vincent
