All the Best [Paperback]

Roger McGough (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2004

A wonderful selection of over 100 of Roger's own best-loved poems from his vast Puffin catalogue of poetry collections. Lots of favourites and some lesser known surprises, too. Packed with fabulous Lydia Monks illustrations throughout.

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About the Author

Roger McGough was born in Liverpool and educated at the University of Hull. He came to prominence in the 1960s with the publication of THE MERSEY SOUND, and is now one of our most popular poets. He writes for all ages and performs all over the world. He was honoured with an OBE in 1997 and won the Signal Poetry Award in 1998. Roger is heard regularly on radio and is the presenter of Radio 4's POETRY PLEASE. Roger lives in London.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Puffin (July 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0141316373
• ISBN-13: 978-0141316376
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #832,677 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I thought I hated poetry., May 20, 1999

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Dinoj Surendran "buymespresso" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Selected Poems, 1967-1987 (Hardcover)

So there I was, in the bookshop, looking for a birthday present (I never give people books I don't first read AND enjoy) when the saleslady thrust this book in my hand and said "Read it." After vain protests that I'd never understood poetry, I opened the book. After two minutes I bought it.

This poetry, unlike the classical stuff that only uses words and phrases that I can't understand, is the stuff of today. Many poems talk of a male in love, but others talk of dying ("let me die when I'm old and in constant good tumour" or something like that), lips, nuclear war, loneliness, poets. This being a collection, even the worst poems are excellent. He uses words in ways I'd never imagined, laying them all over the place. And in a right place.

Somehow, he makes words talk.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Selected poems, 1967-1987, December 17, 2001

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Richard C Griffiths (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Selected Poems, 1967-1987 (Hardcover)

History will be very kind to this poet. His work is pitched at a level anyone can respond to. Some of his metaphors are astonishing and more poignant based on the simplicity of the everyday life around the poet. There are no huge ideals just tales of everyday life. This is a spectacular book, and is saddly one of the most underrated I've ever read.