The Pogues' 1985 album is celebrated here in a rather eccentric fashion, which, I have to say, I found irritating in the extreme. Only about a third of the book i.e about 40 pages, is actually about the writing, recording and interpretation of the album, the rest is a fictional, sea faring narrative, using members of The Pogues in a version of the voyage of The Medusa. Roesgen's writing on the music is great, but there just isn't enough of it. Still, it does make you want to listen to 'A Pair of Brown Eyes' again.