{"product_id":"9781852248239","title":"Alternative Anthem : Selected Poems by John Agard","description":"John Agard has been broadening the canvas of British poetry for the past 40 years with his mischievous, satirical fables which overturn all our expectations. \"Alternative Anthem\" is a live album of poems from books published over three decades, including \"John Agard Live!\", a DVD of filmed highlights from recent performances made by filmmaker Pamela Robertson-Pearce. It includes poetry from \"We Brits\" in which the Guyanese-born word magician gives an outsider-insider view of British life in poems which both challenge and cherish our peculiar culture and hallowed institutions; \"Weblines\" that contains three powerful Caribbean myths of transformation: the steeldrum, the limbo dancer, and Anansi, the spider trickster god; and, \"From the Devil's Pulpit\" that is a Devil's eye view of the world, sweeping from Genesis across time; and, other collections including \"Mangoes and Bullets\" and \"Lovelines for a Goat-Born Lady\", as well his children's books, featuring some of Agard's best-known poems - \"Listen Mr Oxford don\", \"Palm Tree King\", \"Half-Caste\", and \"English Girl Eats Her First Mango\".\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308090962293,"sku":"9781852248239","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781852248239.jpg?v=1762806512","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781852248239","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}