Silver by Andrew Motion
tales of adventures on the high seas, of curses, murder and revenge, black spots and buried treasure - and of a man with a wooden leg. Late one night, a mysterious girl named Natty arrives on the river with a request for Jim from her father - Long John Silver.
His voice is unlike any other* New Statesman *
Motion is a beautiful lyricist unpretentiously and precisely describing those things worth having even as he casts unsettling shadows across them. * Guardian *
Motion is a beautiful lyricist unpretentiously and precisely describing those things worth having even as he casts unsettling shadows across them. * Guardian *
Andrew Motion was born in 1952. He began his career teaching English at the University of Hull. He has also been Editor of the Poetry Review, Editorial Director of Chatto & Windus, Poet Laureate, co-founded the Poetry Archive and was knighted for his services to literature in 2009. He is now Professor of Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780224091206 |
| ISBN 10 | 0224091204 |
| Title | Silver |
| Author | Andrew Motion |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2012-03-15 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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