The Luckiest Guy Alive

The cover for John Cooper Clarke's The Luckiest Guy Alive, which is mostly in grey colours, with the author's name at the top and the book title at the bottom in a form that looks like Scrabble tiles. In the centre is the image of the author, wearing black as usual, sunglasses as usual, and he's standing legs apart slightly off centre from the viewer with one arm held up in front of his body. His hair is gloriously messy.

The Luckiest Guy Alive is the first new book of poetry from Dr. John Cooper Clarke for several decades3and a brilliant, scabrous, hilarious collection from one of our most beloved and influential writers and performers. From the "Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman" to a hymn to the seductive...Read more