Now We Are Sixty (Hardcover)

Irreverant and unapologetic collection of poems by a poor old codger who is as baffled by life at 60 as he was at six. In gratitude to the insights A A Milne offered him when in short trousers Christopher Matthew he has reworked some of Milne's favourites (to great comic effect) as he now contemplates elasticated ones. Typified by the lament What is the matter with Radio Four? (after Rice Pudding). Witty drawings by David Eccles. (Kirkus UK)

For those turning sixty, this new edition of Christopher Matthew's tribute to A. A. Milne's classic poems contains fresh material as well as the old favourites. 'A wonderful present to sixty-year-olds' Auberon Waugh, Daily Telegraph When Christopher was six, the poems of Milne were always on hand to reassure him that other children were just as puzzled and naughty and silly as he was, and that grown-ups could be even sillier. When he turned sixty, he decided it was high time there was an equally reassuring volume for those of his generation who were not only more confused than ever, but were losing their teeth, their hair and, all too often, their car keys. What he did twenty years ago was to take some of Milne's best-loved poems from Now We Are Six for an older audience, with results that are often hilarious, sometimes rueful and always thought-provoking. Some verses are about realising one is not as young as one once thought, and not feeling quite as chipper as one once did; while others address some of the more disconcerting problems of modern life such as mobile telephones on trains, unsocial behaviour, traffic jams and the internet.

General

Imprint:	John Murray
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 1999
First published:	1999
Authors:	Christopher Matthew
Dimensions:	197 x 135 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	111
ISBN-13:	978-0-7195-5979-2
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Humour > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7195-5979-0
Barcode:	9780719559792

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