Stealing the Mona Lisa

A characteristic lightness of touch and a restless comic energy are evident in Greenhalgh's first book where inner and outer worlds combine in poems that crackle with satire. His range is impressive. Sensuous love poems, a debunking of the Apollo moon landings, the culture of the free market, the desert, and the shopping arcade are brought together. A large cast of diverse characters are featured: Marilyn Monroe, an Elvis impersonator, the trumpet player on the Titanic, a religious cult leader, the Royal Family and, the Pope.