The Love Songs of John Knox
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About the Book:
Just when you thought it was safe to turn him into a car park, John Knox comes back, and he's no happy...
This collection consists of poems and musings on contemporary Scottish culture, literature and identity, thematically linked by the iconic - and controversial - figure of John Knox. Knox's voice has echoed down the centuries; lampooned by Burns, mimicked by Carlyle, paid homage to by MacDiarmid, secularised in the radical polemics of John Maclean and Willie Gallacher, and continues today in the poetry of Alistair Findlay. In amusing reveries and letters to historical figures, Knox takes on new complexions which highlight not only the clash of past ideas with those of the present, but also the similarities between them. Written in a blend of Scots and English, which is what some of Knox's contemporaries criticised him for, Findlay's Knox addresses issues ranging from prostitution and revolution to Celtic FC and war in Iraq.
Reviews:
This is a major collection, one that has been waiting to be written... I don't think any Scottish poet has produced, or is likely to produce, a batch of poems as witty and sharp as this, in and for a long time. DENNIS O'DONNELL, Poetry Critic of Cencrastus and Saltire Poetry Award Winner
About the Author:
ALISTAIR FINDLAY has had a diverse career, from clay miner to social worker. He has published four previous collections of poetry, including Sex, Death and Football (2003), The Love Songs of John Knox (2006), Dancing with Big Eunice (2010) and Never Mind the Captions (2011).