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A review by beaniereadinginreading
I Wanna Be Yours by John Cooper Clarke
2.0
Salford poet John Cooper Clarke has certainly led a fascinating life and documents it in - a lot of - detail in this memoir. Especially detailed are the account of his early years in a display that threatens to derail his story.
That early section is a fascinating look at popular culture of the 40s, 50s and 60s in some ways. But in other ways, it feels like a different book from what follows... A portrait of the artist as a young, and then middle aged, drug addict (the sections of the book I found most interesting).
Curiously, everything after his rehab and recovery seems rushed or at least in a lot less detail. Which feels odd, too, because it seems it's these years that he's never been happier. Perhaps there's not much to say about happiness!
So for me, a disjointed and unsatisfactory read. But there's a lot here that diehard fans will enjoy and this memoir is another display of Cooper Clarke's outstanding command of the English language.
That early section is a fascinating look at popular culture of the 40s, 50s and 60s in some ways. But in other ways, it feels like a different book from what follows... A portrait of the artist as a young, and then middle aged, drug addict (the sections of the book I found most interesting).
Curiously, everything after his rehab and recovery seems rushed or at least in a lot less detail. Which feels odd, too, because it seems it's these years that he's never been happier. Perhaps there's not much to say about happiness!
So for me, a disjointed and unsatisfactory read. But there's a lot here that diehard fans will enjoy and this memoir is another display of Cooper Clarke's outstanding command of the English language.