Now We Are Sixty by Christopher Matthew
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.
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 |
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| 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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