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That Awkward Age (Hardcover)

by Roger McGough (Author)

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Hardcover: 96 pages
Publisher: Viking (25 Jun 2009)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0670918229
ISBN-13: 978-0670918225
Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 13.8 x 1.6 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 30,016 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Roger McGough's eagerly-awaited new collection is a powerful testament to the miraculous in the everyday. Here he builds us his world: one of chance encounters and embarrassing moments, of big questions and small wonders. 'At that awkward age now between birth and death,' he addresses Alzheimers and wrestles with mortality. He resolves (and fails) to live every day as if it were his last, joins the Foreign Legion, jives in Macca's trousers, shares the pain of Mr Sappho and Lord Godiva and plans a prison break. With his inimitable warmth, wit and wordplay, Roger McGough affirms his position as the pre-eminent poet of the magic moment – the happy collision of life, language and the imagination.

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Roger McGough is one of Britain's best-known poetry voices. Following the success of the bestselling Penguin collection The Mersey Sound (with Brian Patten and the late Adrian Henri) he has been captivating children and adults alike with his unique blend of heart and wit for more than four decades. Much travelled and translated he is now an international ambassador for poetry and was honoured with the Freedom of the City of Liverpool in 2001, and with a CBE in 2005. In 2008 he successfully adapted Molière's play, Tartuffe, for the Liverpool Everyman Theatre.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Meeting an Old Friend, 23 Aug 2009

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Reading this book was just that - like meeting an old friend. I first made Roger Mcgough's "acquaintance! as it were, back in the 60s, with his performances with The Scaffold and the McGough/Henri/Patten book of poems, "The Mersey Sound". Even then, in the full flush (!) of youth, Roger demonstarted his ability to amuse and to move. Nearly half a century later, he still can raise smiles and tears - this time with an awareness of his own mortality, as seen in his "To My Final Poem", in this collection.I chuckled aloud at his "Mr Sappho" - as if the archetypical Lesbian had a chap! and "Mr of Arc". I finished this book feeling that I'd passed an hour with a long lost old mate - I strongly recommend "That Awkward Age" to readers of any age.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful collection, 3 Aug 2009

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Lovely varied collection, with lots of humour and some quiet underlying seriousness. Good stuff for reading aloud as well as to oneself.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Mrs e Irby, 12 Jul 2009

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I enjoy all Rogers work and this is no exception, Just wish it was longer.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A serious if whimsical look at life's difficult bits
Roger McGough's latest collection of poems turns a sardonic if quietly celebratory eye on the vagaries of life's awkward age - the bit between birth and death. Read more

Published 10 days ago by Jeremy Bevan

4.0 out of 5 stars Worthwhile purchase!
I particularly enjoyed the poem about Alzheimer's Disease - having worked with people with dementia for many years. Well done Roger - fabulous book. Read more

Published 2 months ago by Mrs. I. S. Paddock

4.0 out of 5 stars The Awkward Age, indeed when is it?
I really enjoed these poems but it did make me ask the question "When is the awkward age?" It seems all ages have their awkward moments.

Published 3 months ago by Mrs. E. M. Dart

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