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.
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