Take a city, any city . . . Things you see every day but don't notice. Things you try not to see. Dumped cars and rubbish, high-rise flats, shut shops and broken windows, subways. Doppelg ngers, bagladies, joyriders, beggers. This is the world of Philip Gross's poems. Tough, funny, haunting and unsettling, they take you under the surface, to a place you just might recognize.'This book is absolutely brilliant. Teachers should order a class set at once, and non-teachers should buy a copy for every single teenager they know, ...
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Take a city, any city . . . Things you see every day but don't notice. Things you try not to see. Dumped cars and rubbish, high-rise flats, shut shops and broken windows, subways. Doppelg ngers, bagladies, joyriders, beggers. This is the world of Philip Gross's poems. Tough, funny, haunting and unsettling, they take you under the surface, to a place you just might recognize.'This book is absolutely brilliant. Teachers should order a class set at once, and non-teachers should buy a copy for every single teenager they know, and urge them to share it with their parents.' Guardian
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Add this copy of Scratch City to cart. $4.32, very good condition, Sold by Roger Lucas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Horncastle, Lincs, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1995 by Faber.
Add this copy of Scratch City to cart. $13.75, good condition, Sold by semra rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Faber & Faber.
