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Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt

by John Cooper Clarke · 1983 · 112 pages

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Out of print for years, John Cooper Clarke's only printed collection of poetry has been reissued so that new generations will have a chance to experience his work.

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Genre
humor
Themes
music
Setting
1980s
Subject
biography
Audience
adult
Length
short · 112 pages
Form
poetry

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