I heard about Ginsberg via. a Jim Morrison biography and Jack Kerouac referencing him many times, I came across this particular book in Waterstones and decided to give it a try. I absolutely loved it, his writing is full of obscene and surreal imagery; my favourite was 'Death to Van Gogh's Ear!' which was politically dated but still very relevant and I liked what he had to say about money - being an illusion.

His poems aren't your traditional poems, they don't rhyme or anything, they're like a stream of thought and I now can see why Allen Ginsberg was one of the most influential poets of the 20th century.