Now We Are Sixty by Christopher Matthew - ISBN: 9780719559792
Hardcover
Growing older doesn’t mean growing up, as these poems show.

Now We Are Sixty

20th Anniversary Edition

$38.42

  • Hardcover

    112 pages

  • Release Date

    1 January 2003

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Summary

When Christopher Matthew was six, the poems of Milne always reassured him that other children were as naughty as he was, so on reaching sixty he decided that he should adapt Now We Are Six for an older audience.

Now We Are Sixty is often hilarious, sometimes rueful and always thought-provoking. Some verses are about realising we are not as young as we thought, while some are about the more disconcerting problems of modern life; mobile telephones on trains, anti-social behaviour, traff…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780719559792
ISBN-10:0719559790
Author:Christopher Matthew
Publisher:John Murray Press
Imprint:John Murray Publishers Ltd
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:112
Release Date:1 January 2003
Weight:210g
Dimensions:213mm x 150mm x 15mm
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Critics Review

This affectionate tribute to Milne follows the familiar rhythms and rhyme schemes of the master

This affectionate tribute to Milne follows the familiar rhythms and rhyme schemes of the master - The Oldie

Matthews retains the rhythms of the originals while neatly and wittily updating them to fit the modern world … aided and abetted by David Eccles’ faithfully rendered illustrations. - Glasgow Herald

humorous pastiches … a charming book - Glasgow Herald

About The Author

Christopher Matthew

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’. He has been a columnist for most of the major newspapers, currently writes on books and TV for the Daily Mail, and is well known as a broadcaster. He lives in London and Suffolk.

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