Orlam by P J Harvey Agnes Langeland The Luckiest Guy Alive is

The Luckiest Guy Alive is the first new book of poetry from Dr John Cooper Clarke for several decades - and a brilliant

this is a fierce and fresh debut that rings with courage and intelligence

speculation about her sexuality has tended to diminish her poetic reputation

The poems teem with grace and dignity

These poems of witness are vivid

Orlam by P J Harvey Agnes Langeland The Luckiest Guy Alive isNine year old Ira Abel Rawles lives on Hook Farm in the village of Underwhelm. Next to the farm is Gore Woods, Ira's sanctuary, overseen by Orlam, the all seeing lamb's eyeball who is Ira Abel's guardian and protector. Here, drawing on the rituals, children's songs, chants and superstitions of the rural West Country of England, Ira Abel creates the twin realm through which she can make sense of an increasingly confusing and frightening world. Orlam