Now We Are Sixty by Christopher Matthew
20th Anniversary edition Taking some of A.A. Milne's best-known poems - such as 'Buckingham Palace', 'Lines and Squares', 'Puppy and I' and 'Rice Pudding' - Matthew presents some rewrites for those just turning sixty.
A wonderful present to sixty-year-olds -- Auberon Waugh * Daily Telegraph *
Very funny and very clever -- Simon Hoggart * Guardian *
I absolutely love it -- Sheridan Morley * Daily Express *
Hilarious -- Valerie Grove * Oldie *
A charming book * Herald *
Very funny and very clever -- Simon Hoggart * Guardian *
I absolutely love it -- Sheridan Morley * Daily Express *
Hilarious -- Valerie Grove * Oldie *
A charming book * Herald *
Apart from Now We Are Sixty, Christopher Matthew is best known for his Diary of a Somebody and its accident-prone hero Simon Crisp, whom Sheridan Morley called 'one of the greatest comic characters of our time'. More recently he has published The Old Man and the Knee and three volumes of humorous verse - The Man Who Dropped the Le Creuset on His Toe, Dog Treats and A Bus Pass Named Desire - now collected in one volume under the title A Triple Decker Treat: Collected Poems for Old Dogs and Young Hearts. He lives in London and Suffolk.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780719559792 |
| ISBN 10 | 0719559790 |
| Title | Now We Are Sixty |
| Author | Christopher Matthew |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | John Murray Press |
| Year published | 1999-10-14 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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