Foundry Songs by Dean Rhetoric YA “This is a cracking collection

“This is a cracking collection

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Foundry Songs by Dean Rhetoric YA “This is a cracking collectionDean Rhetorics Foundry Songs examines shame, grief, lust and loss through the emotional upheaval of a troubled adolescence pitted against a post industrial backdrop. Both gritty and lyrical, Rhetoric combines cutting wit with poignant descriptions of trauma. The poems grapple with God and working class identity, envisioning a world where posh pelicans laugh at seagulls choking on chips, workers on strike protest Richard Curtis and tumours tumble out