- 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: 1,031,856 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:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Clever, funny and heartbreaking.,
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This review is from: The Way Things are (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:
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Fantastic, satirical, witty, intelligent and realistic poems,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Way Things are (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:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Roger is slimmer but has not lost weight,
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This review is from: The Way Things are (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.
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