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PUBLISHER: Rymour Books

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 9781838186319

RRP: £9.90

PAGES: 142

PUBLICATION DATE:
November 13, 2020

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A Strategy of Mirrors

Derek J Brown

Rutherglen resident Derek J Brown is a well-known face on the Glasgow spoken word scene with his quixotic take on life, the world, and the city of Glasgow.

This is the first substantial collection of his work. A Strategy of Mirrors contains 125 pages of his poems including the favourites: ‘The Fractals of Cathkin Braes’, ‘The Day Gene Vincent Came to Glasgow’ and ‘The Seagulls of Sauchiehall Street’.

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