Instead of an Alibi by Geoff Hattersley David Harsent who had borne him a

who had borne him a daughter he had never met

You leave the room and things have changed

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Instead of an Alibi by Geoff Hattersley David Harsent who had borne him aIn his first book in over a decade, Instead of an Alibi proves that Geoff Hattersley has lost none of the sharp wit and incisiveness that has defined his brilliant and unique poems to date. Instead of an Alibi is a sharp and vital poetics of the lives of working class Britain in a post industrial, post capitalist landscape. PRAISE for Instead of an Alibi: What a privilege to wander once more into the county of Hattersley; heres Nev, just as I