This is a fantastic forgotten treasure of cold war literature; it's reminiscent of Spike Milligan in that the poems are short (most are four or five lines long) and humorous. This isn't a collection of nonsense verse, however; the purpose of the book is a biting poetic commentary on the politics and science of the late 50s/early 60s, and to my mind, that purpose is definitely achieved.

Many of the poems are pastiches or riffs on the classics of English verse, from Shakespeare to Word More...