- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (14 Aug 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140286322
- ISBN-13: 978-0140286328
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.2 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 994,605 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In his first new book since "Defying Gravity" in 1993, Roger McGough mixes surreal nonsense with gentle humour.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is full of clever ideas executed brillantly. They include things like the apologetic host of a poetry evening in 'An ordinary Poetry Reading. There are parodies too, like the take on Auden's famous poem,'Stop all the Clocks'. The subject changes to the demise of the Metro car. At once, these poems not only grab you, they make you laugh out loud. There also some which poignant and stop you in your tracks. In short, there is something for everyone in this collection. If you any soul, you will buy this book and revel in its genius.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
What else is there to say? This book varies between brutally realistic, ruefully anxious and laugh-out-loud wit. Definitely worth the read, even for the most dubious reader.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Another collection of spot-on poems. Shame the book is a little thinner than some of his others. Very intuitive and as usual well observed. I will read these again and again.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Can he be serious ?
These are performance poems - and it shows. They're wry, witty and dramatic, with unexpected turns and a whiff of the absurd. Read more
Published on 29 Nov 2008 by Jeremy Bevan
McGough at his vocal dilema best
Quite simply, McGough is the master of today's dilemas, responses, and chants to a fickle world we all accept as norm. Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2002
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