DAVID YEARSLEY is fascinated by the account of four composers who transformed their experiences of the second world war and the Holocaust into deeply moving works of art
Thrasivoulou makes a bad situation so much better
Ben Cowles reviews The Best of a Bad Situation by Jamie Thrasivoulou
The Best of a Bad Situation by Jamie Thrasivoulou (Silhouette Press, £6)
THE BEST of a Bad Situation is a collection of vibrant, discontented and evocative poetry by Derby native Jamie Thrasivoulou.
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