Guttersnipe by Tom Pickard, published by City Lights, 1971

£20.00

A working class dropout from Newcastle-on-Tyne, insisting to Dole authorities that his only “job” is Poetry, Pickard would seem to have written this wild “apprenticeship novel” on the run between bed and board. By turns ribald, caustic, tender, erotic, picaresque, it is his portrait of the young poet as a “flamin’ impudent layabout” born into the “class-trap” of coal-town Middle England.

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A working class dropout from Newcastle-on-Tyne, insisting to Dole authorities that his only “job” is Poetry, Pickard would seem to have written this wild “apprenticeship novel” on the run between bed and board. By turns ribald, caustic, tender, erotic, picaresque, it is his portrait of the young poet as a “flamin’ impudent layabout” born into the “class-trap” of coal-town Middle England.

To order: please click the enquiry button or email info@pleasuresofpasttimes.com and state your location and preferred payment method* I will respond within less than 24hours with a bespoke postage and packing quote (at near cost as possible).

*My preferred payment method is via online banking and I send a request based on your location. This is known as ACH in the USA (and is free to use – unlike a wire). This means I can offer P&P at cost. It’s cheaper for you and cheaper for me 🙂

Alternatively, I can send a Paypal request. Please specify whether you wish to use your Debit or Credit card (no account necessary) – or you wish to use your Paypal account. Paypal payments are subject to their fees (added), unless you wish to pay via the Family & Friends option.