Anxious Corporals Rania Mamoun

Anxious Corporals Rania MamounAnxious Corporals is a celebration of the lost world of the self educating working class, from Mr Kipps, Leonard Bast and the Age of Hooper to Workington Man. Taking its title from Arthur Koestler's idea of the culture thirsty conscript, Morrison recalls the men and women who once sought 'self improvement' through correspondence courses, adult education, political parties and Pelican paperbacks. Its an essay in verse about education and class,

Grounded in contemplative detachment

and foil the killer before he strikes again

shameless brilliance

“If you want a rare glimpse into what really goes on inside a secure psychiatric hospital

No-one is safe

and the intellectual honesty

the traditional cane-cutting world of Balgobin confronts the new technology of his creolised nephew

Suitable for readers aged 8+

Peter lives in Tralee

Leila Marouane: Excerpt from the novel The Abductor

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