Drunken Driving by Martina Evans PRE-ORDER
Poetry Book Society Choice Summer 2026 Mónica de la Torre It is a delight and

It is a delight and a rich satisfaction to stray in the remarkable life and beauty of its lines

The sisters develop a powerful bond

Miriam asked her mother

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Drunken Driving by Martina Evans PRE-ORDER<br><b>Poetry Book Society Choice Summer 2026</b> Mónica de la Torre It is a delight andPublished 25 June 2026 Drunken Driving is the funny and subversive sequel to Martina Evanss 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. The sonnets are cuffed by quotes from Dracula and prison security