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Kid [Hardcover]

Simon Armitage (Author)


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May 6, 2010
"Kid" gives us one of the liveliest poetic voices to have emerged in the last ten years. Simon Armitage's inspired ear for the demotic and his ability to deal with subjects that many poets turn their backs on have marked him as a poet of originality and force.

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One of six wonderful collections published in celebration of Faber's rich poetry heritage. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

About the Author

Simon Armitage was born in West Yorkshire in 1963. In 1992 he was winner of one of the first Forward Prizes, and a year later was the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year. He works as a freelance writer, broadcaster and playwright, and has written extensively for radio and television. Previous titles include Kid, Book of Matches, The Dead Sea Poems, CloudCuckooLand, Killing Time, The Universal Home Doctor, Homer's Odyssey and Tyrannosaurus Rex versus The Corduroy Kid. His acclaimed translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was published in 2007.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 96 pages
  • Publisher: Faber & Faber (May 6, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0571259308
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571259304
  • Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 4.9 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,664,294 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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