The Harkaway thing about Tiger(man)
(For Tiger(man)'s a Harkaway thing):
Its tops are made out of Batman;
Its bottom is made out of Greene.
Its bouncy, flouncy, lit'ry, bit twee, fun fun fun fun fun,
But by far the most Harkaway thing about Tiger(man)
Is its tangled-yet-self-aware-complicity-with-upper-middle-class-White-English-masculine-codes-of-right-behaviour-in-a-postcolonial-context:
Po-o-o-ost
colonialcontext.
Tigerman tigerman, burning bright,
ReplyDeleteIn the bookshops of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful syllables.
- Paul S.
Seems like it is the only way to review Tigerman.
ReplyDeleteAmusing - but didn't you promise not to sing?
ReplyDeleteHugh -- damn. You're right. Busted!
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