‘This is the book for you’ is the title of a satirical, distilled review, which begins ‘joan collins is an extraordinary orchid of evil & beauty’; it also happens to be true of redactor – whatever “true” means these days. This is the book for you, because of its acute timeliness. With wit and sagacity, Eddie Paterson’s latest collection of poems seems to herald and ward against several recent dystopian events. ' (Introduction)