Often poetic, even in dark moments, this fictionalised retelling of the poet, Rimbaud, is both witty and disturbing. Moving fluidly between moments in Rimbaud’s life, it focusses primarily on his relationship with his mother. I occasionally struggled with the story as I really didn’t like Rimbaud, or his mother for that matter, but still it engaged me and it was worth reading to the end as it’s certainly a characterful, colourful book!
