V. by Tony Harrison Richard Hamer the poet is faced by

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V. by Tony Harrison Richard Hamer the poet is faced byTony Harrison's v. was written during the Miners' Strike of 1984 85 when he visited his parents' grave in a Leeds cemetery and found it vandalised by obscene graffiti. In the book length poem, he confronts the foul mouthed skinhead thug responsible, who becomes a foil for his own anger and alienation. The political and media reaction to v. would make a book in itself. This is that book. As well as Tony Harrison's poem and Graham Sykes's photographs,