English Not Spoken is the third Caparison volume by Christopher Moncrieff. It recalibrates the Continental travelogue, military reminiscences and surreal Mortmere-esque grotesque of Moncrieff's two previous Caparison volumes, with the poet’s signature mordant wit and satirical deconstruction.Illustrated.
Moncrieff's second collection is a phantasmagorical navigation of undergraduate angst in a Cambridge college with shades of Lewis Carroll (Alice stories) and Charles Kingsley (The Water-Babies).
Caparison is proud to announce the debut poetry collection from prolific poet and translator Christopher Moncrieff. This is implicitly European poetry: lyrical, polemical and unashamedly erudite.
The intriguing title of polyglot-poet Christopher Moncrieff ’s fourth volume under the Caparison imprint, Wallpeckers, is a translation of Mauerspechte, portmanteau of Mauer (wall) and Specht (woodpecker), an informal German term used for tourists who pick pieces from the crumbling Berlin Wall to take home as souvenirs. Much of this volume draws on the poet's former experiences as an army officer posted to Cold War-era Berlin.Illustrated.
