V. by Tony Harrison Inua Ellams An essential read and the

An essential read and the perfect gift for anyone in need of comfort

always beautiful'

In these beguiling poems

from the everyday of breath as windows

This is the first anthology of its kind to appear in the UK

V. by Tony Harrison Inua Ellams An essential read and theTony Harrison's v. was written during the Miners' Strike of 1984 85 when he visited his parents' grave in a Leeds cemetery and found it vandalised by obscene graffiti. In the book length poem, he confronts the foul mouthed skinhead thug responsible, who becomes a foil for his own anger and alienation. The political and media reaction to v. would make a book in itself. This is that book. As well as Tony Harrison's poem and Graham Sykes's photographs,