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The Greatest Living Englishman

The Greatest Living Englishman

Yoakum, Jim

Paperback

HumorHistorical Fiction

ISBN10: 1479128783
ISBN13: 9781479128785
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Sep 6 2012
Pages: 106
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.25 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Set in 1917, The Greatest Living Englishman tells the comedic adventures of England's Worst Poet, Colin Gilfeather Millaney: an egotistical, self-proclaimed, genius who is wholly untouched with even the faintest speck of talent. He is so awful that people throw rotten produce at him on the streets. They buy his books just to burn them. But that does not stop Colin from penning his doggerel, or inflicting it upon the misguided public. When a letter arrives from America, inviting him to New York and tour, reading his runaway bestselling book of poetry, he is off like a shot. But, his unlikely rise to fame is due to a clerical error at the publishing house-it is the work of the budding young poet, Edna St. Vincent Millay, that they have published-not Millaney. But it is too late to repair the mistake, as Millaney is on his way. The Greatest Living Englishman satirizes the commodification of the arts, while roasting people who are more than eager for the banquet.

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