Paul Muldoon is, by common consent — in his native Ireland, England and the United States — the outstanding poet of his generation and a leading modern writer. General Admission followed hot on the heels of The End of the Poem — a series of lectures he delivered as Professor of Poetry at Oxford, and Horse Latitudes. Wildly allusive and inventive, General Admission includes ‘My Ride’s Here’, co-written with Warren Zevon and recorded by Bruce Springsteen, and a feast of lyrics for songs he has been performing since 2004 as a member of Rackett, a band that played ‘what can only be described as three-car-garage rock’.