Instead of an Alibi by Geoff Hattersley Marilyn Hacker and reflects that language in

and reflects that language in its officiousness and duplicity back on its perpetrators

’ Linda France‘The language is startling

here is a bold choir of voices demanding independence and celebrating their hard-won power

It is a collection that abounds in loss

as well as the further long-term health risks lurking in the background

Instead of an Alibi by Geoff Hattersley Marilyn Hacker and reflects that language inIn 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