Kraken, by China Mieville

So I'm a quarter of the way through Kraken and discover that the book includes, quoted in full, a poem by Hugh Cook! The poem is completely appropriate for the novel - almost as if written for it -but still it's wonderful to see.

After writing a glowing forward to the new edition of The Walrus and the Warwolf, it seems that Mieville really has become an ambassador for the late and criminally little-known Cook.

Here's a link to the full text of Hugh Cook's The Kraken Wakes, originally published in 1977.