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Sophie Hannah (Author)

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December 1, 2007

Full of enchanting humor and intimacy, this inventive collection of poems is designed to engage and delight. Rhymed metrical forms are masterfully handled to produce highly amusing effects and traditional prose is manipulated in order to handle contemporary subjects. Moving yet lighthearted, these poems are a complicated brew that poetry lovers of every stripe will enjoy.


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'Shall I put it in capitals? SOPHIE HANNAH IS A GENIUS.' - Poetry Review.'Sophie Hannah is a poet of considerable skill...A shrewd and accurate observer of the world around her, and of her own life, she is often very funny.'Wendy Cope'Sophie Hannah is one of my favourite young poets...she writes pithy, witty, poignant poems about love and relationships.'Daisy Goodwin

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Sophie Hannah is the author of four previous collections of poetry, a book of poems for children, and four novels. In 2004 she was named one of the best poets to emerge in the last decade by the Poetry Book Society.

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Sophie Hannah is an award-winning poet and crime fiction writer whose novels are international bestsellers.

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