The first ever autobiography of the Bard of Salford, John Cooper Clarke. John Cooper Clarke is a phenomenon: Poet Laureate of Punk, rock star, fashion icon, TV and radio presenter, social and cultural commentator, reluctant national treasure. At 5 feet 11 inches (116lb, 32in chest, 27in waist), in trademark suit jacket, skin-tight drainpipes and dark glasses, with jet-black back-combed hair and mouth full of gold teeth, he is instantly recognizable. As a writer his voice is equally unmistakable and his inimitable dry Salford drawl shines through the prose. This autobiography covers an extraordinary life, filled with remarkable personalities: from Nico to Chuck Berry, all the great punks to Bernard Manning, and on to more recent fans and collaborators Alex Turner and Plan B - who have championed his work. Interspersed with stories of his rock and roll and performing career, John also reveals his boggling encyclopaedic knowledge of twentieth-century popular culture, and his private passions and guilty pleasures: from Baudelaire, Pam Ayres and Rimbaud to football to Coronation Street, comprising horse racing and gambling, politics, jokes and much more. I Wanna Be Yours is a no holds barred account of the Bard of Salford's rock and roll life. It is a memoir as wry, funny, moving and vivid as only John Cooper Clarke could deliver. | I Wanna Be Yours by John Cooper Clarke, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters