Hamburger Valley, California
ISBN-13: 9781554904785
Contributor(s): David McGimpsey
Subjects: Poetry
Publisher: Ecw Press
Publisher Imprint: Ecw Press Digital
Publication Date: 01-04-2001
Format: PDF
Availability: In stock
£6.99
About the book
Canadian poetry, well done, with everything, to go. Hamburger Valley, California is David McGimpsey s funniest and most compelling collection to date. With his unapologetic love of popular culture, he presents an elaborate lyric postcard, which explores, from a most unprivileged seat on the cheapest bus, love and (somebody else s) fame. McGimpsey challenges the bonds of place in a global (American) economy with personal warmth and characteristic wisecracking daring to dream of escape not only to an impossibly meaty Southern California, but to the