What if men burst in wearing balaclavas?

There's a distinctive voice in Osborne's poetry that tends to not exist anywhere else. He has an eye for detail in the humdrum that surpasses many of his peers. His ability to wreak emotional or funny or poignant moments from the most humdrum of British lives makes this debut collection a small wonder from Nasty Little Press.

His delight in referencing pop culture, his tenuous hold on relationships and his kitchen sink drama all create a world of carefully-nuanced beauty. Modern paranoia lingers in the background but it's easy to ignore when we can 'SkyPlus the Apprentice', when 'Graham Coxon has got a new album out soon.' The lonely man in the centre of the party in 'Death, God and the Universe', the pathetic ex in 'Sleeping Alone' and the ill man calculating cultural cache when choosing his best friends in 'Top Friends' are all measured and scathing reflections on modern man.

Honest, funny and peppered with a series of expertly pitched cultural references, What If Men Burst In Wearing Balaclavas? will microwave the cockles to perfection.