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Drunken Driving
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ISBN13: 9781800175631
Publisher: Carcanet Press
Published: Aug 27 2026
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.21 Depth: 8.31
Language: English
The Poetry Book Society Summer Choice 2026
Drunken Driving is the funny and subversive sequel to Martina Evans's narrative poem The Coming Thing, set ten years on. Imelda, now a young mother, is married to Carl. When she gets a job in the X-ray Department at Pentonville Prison and learns to drive, her previous preoccupations with life and death and abuse of power are intensified within the prison walls.
The sonnets are ' cuffed' by quotes from Dracula and prison security rules, providing ironic commentary on the main narrative exploring issues of control. This timely collection delivers dark comedy as it raises serious questions about human society during the present international prison crisis, with the UK prison system on the verge of collapse.
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