{"product_id":"9781800175631","title":"Drunken Driving","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Evans, Martina \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 25\/06\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 96 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781800175631,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Poetry Book Society Summer Choice 2026Drunken Driving is the funny and subversive sequel to Martina Evans’s narrative poem The Coming Thing, set ten years on. Imelda, now a young mother, is married to Carl. When she gets a job in the X-ray Department at Pentonville Prison and learns to drive, her previous preoccupations with life and death and abuse of power are intensified within the prison walls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sonnets are ‘cuffed’ by quotes from Dracula and prison security rules, providing ironic commentary on the main narrative exploring issues of control. This timely collection delivers dark comedy as it raises serious questions about human society during the present international prison crisis, with the UK prison system on the verge of collapse.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57383905722741,"sku":"9781800175631","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781800175631","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}