The boy who couldn't say his name by John Lawrence J. O. Morgan somehow manages to build a

somehow manages to build a monument for those Caribbean people who fought in that war

and a sequence of poems that

where critical consensus ends

with startling humour and surprising combinations of homely and outlandish

The boy who couldn't say his name by John Lawrence J. O. Morgan somehow manages to build aJohn Lawrences The boy who couldnt say his name is a joy to read, a book of poems packed with heart, humour and a unique slant on everyday life. The collection is underpinned but not dominated by the story behind the title, the painful experiences he endured as a child, and his wicked imagination shines through. Heather Wastie These poems manage the almost impossible feat of being understated yet vivid. In this collection John Lawrence takes us