The World's Wife | Paperback

Sometimes seen as a "students-nightmare" Carol Ann Duffy's poetry can sometimes feel extremely erratic and hard to completely decipher and understand. Admittedly I am not a fan of CAD but I can appreciate this collection of poetry, and over all her other work, I do like it. What I find interesting about this collection is that all the poems are written in character of the wives of historical male figures (some real, some legends) and is basically saying that behind every important male, a woman was standing there feeding him the ideas. Now, I might not totally agree but I do love this imaginative twist to the stories. If you're a fan, you won't feel hard done by. If not, I think Carol's work is like marmite; you'll either love it, or hate it.