A review by wintrovia
I Wanna Be Yours by John Cooper Clarke

4.0

I've always liked his poetry but knew very little about John Cooper Clarke before reading this book. His trademark turn of phrase is well used throughout this book and helps to elevate passages that might be dull in another author's hands. I enjoyed the sections about his youth, growing up poor in Manchester in the 1950s and 60s but found the bits about his later success and time addicted to heroin a bit dull and repetitive. Overall this was an interesting life story of a national treasure and is worth reading if you have an interest in Cooper Clarke as a person as well as a poet.