{"title":"Books by Luke Wright","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781908058867","title":"The Feel-Good Movie of the Year","description":"\u003cp\u003e'My poor old heart, I've left its drawbridge down'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDivorced, and perhaps a little bruised, Luke Wright journeys off the sunken roads of southern England and into himself, pursued by murderous swans, empty car seats, and his father's skeleton clocks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoth brazen and elegiac, these poems pull on the ‘tidy hem’ of responsible existence, unravelling the banal frustrations of online outrage and ageing friends, and grasping at something ‘beyond our squeaky comprehension’. Wright files through the shackles of cynicism to ask how can we let go without giving up.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Luke Wright is one of the greats. A poetic pugilist. Beguiling, hypnotic and master of the emotional sucker-punch. The Feel-Good Movie of the Year is his best yet.'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- Carl Barât\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308395606389,"sku":"9781908058867","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781908058867_5e13254c-3ad8-4719-ac22-9402eec407fd.jpg?v=1786029296"},{"product_id":"9781908058423","title":"The Toll","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn escaped lion roams the streets of Essex;\u003cbr\u003ea lonely pensioner holds a tower block fete; ,brand a young woman dreams of leaving home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTravel the unfashionable A-roads and commuter lines of England -'where industry meets marsh'- with poet Luke Wright. In his stunning new collection, discover a country riven by inequality and corruption but sustained by a surreal, gallow's humour. \u003ci\u003eThe Toll \u003c\/i\u003ecombines the elegaic with the anarchic, placing uproarious satire cheek-by-jowl with wild experiments in form and touching poems of parenthood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this mature follow-up to his best-selling debut, \u003ci\u003eMondeo Man\u003c\/i\u003e, Wright captures the strain of austerity Britain, speaking truth to power and registering the toll it takes on us all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56309060501877,"sku":"9781908058423","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781908058423_e23d25a9-2d8a-4835-a843-d82153743acd.jpg?v=1786029283"},{"product_id":"9780349725215","title":"Later Life Letter","description":"'A really remarkable, deeply moving book' RICHARD CURTIS'Utterly direct . . . The poems are passionate yet controlled, simple in form and sparing of imagery' FINANCIAL TIMES'Luke wright and this time it's personal. But seriously, a highly original idea, expertly carried out' JOHN COOPER CLARKE'I was bawling from the first page and gulped it down in one swift swallow' HOLLIE MCNISHWhat is a later life letter? Written by a child's social worker to be opened at an appropriate age, it details their journey from birth to adoption. When Luke Wright received his as a teenager, he didn't think much of it. But now, married to a social worker and seeing the care she takes with these letters, he re-examines his own past - and the life he might have had.   Should he feel close to the biological brothers he knows only through social media? Do his beginnings in a notorious tower-block estate counteract the privilege of a sheltered suburban upbringing? How grateful should he be to adopted parents who are - in the end - simply parents?In this memoir in poetry, no emotion is simple or expected. Wright writes with pinpoint honesty, teasing out the nuances of family, memory and belonging, and illuminating the gaps in the familiar beats of an adoption story.   'When it comes to poetry, performing and family Luke Wright is a lifer. Read this book' LEMN SISSAY'Made me laugh, cry, think and shudder' PETE DOHERTY'Intimate and universal, epic and singular. Beautifully written' JOELLE TAYLOR'A genius poet - funny, profound, life-changing' JOHANN HARI","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":56367992177013,"sku":"9780349725215","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":57682789794165,"sku":"9780349725222","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780349725215_31296938-e5e3-44f4-bc1d-0311ed8c612f.jpg?v=1792511646"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-luke-wright.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}