Yellow Gold Emma Brankin on the hunt for Reggie

on the hunt for Reggie Kray’s stolen cigarette lighter

Then he is diagnosed with cancer

and like any great jazz tune - many of which inspire these poems - this collection is full of improvisation

A concise wit

In British-occupied Palestine after World War One

Yellow Gold Emma Brankin on the hunt for ReggieA dentist's girlfriend with cavities, an elderly career criminal with no one to turn to but the police, a dismissed housemaid on the way to a back alley abortion clinic and a crane operator whos never had a man treat her right, for whom gold is cashed out love. These are the stories of the people from Chinas liminal sprawl, who seek a fresh start beyond a neglected countryside that's no longer home and a metropolis indifferent to their existence. As