Taking in its sights Matthew Arnold's 'land of dreams', the collection explores the idealism and reality of a multicultural Britain with wit, intelligence and no small sense of mischief. Nagra, whose own parents came to England from the Punjab in the 1950s, conjures a jazzed hybrid language to tell stories of aspiration, assimilation, alienation and love, from a stowaway's first footprint on Dover beach to the disenchantment of subsequent generations. By turns realist and romantic, these charged and challenging poems never shy from confrontation, but remain, always, touched by a humorous zeal and an appetite for living.

Look We Have Coming to Dover! is the much awaited debut from the prize-winning Daljit Nagra.

About the Author
Daljit Nagra was born and raised in West London, then Sheffield, and currently lives in Willesden where he works in a secondary school. 'Look We Have Coming to Dover!' won the Forward Prize for Best Individual Poem 2004.

Awards
Winner of Felix Dennis Forward Poetry Prize for Best First Collection 2007. Short-listed for Costa Poetry Award 2007.



Book Information
ISBN 9780571231225
Author Daljit Nagra
Format Paperback
Page Count 64
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 85g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 131mm * 6mm