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It was chosen as a book of the year....

Advantages: Most unusual poems at any time of the day
Disadvantages: none that i can think of...

...Those who care for poetry should besiege the publisher for Sophie Hannah book..she is one of the brightest young female poet of the decade.... She writes witty, poignant poems about love and relationships.' The poems are high spirited and unusual..a s ...

kiran8 26.07.2008 · Read full review
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Review of The Hero and the Girl Next Door - Sophie Hannah

Diamond review  An Epic Tragedy

Advantages: Chaucer's Greatest Work
Disadvantages: Problems with reading Middle English

Chaucer’s ‘CanterburyTales’, which appeared some time in the 1380s, has done his reputation a disservice in that its popularity and reasonable accessibility has led most people other than Chaucer scholars to ignore a very much greater work :’Troilus and C ...

Schmutzie 18.12.2002 · Read full review
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Review of Troilus and Criseyde - Geoffrey Chaucer

McCarthy's Bard

Advantages: Some fun
Disadvantages: Less verse

...Having been a John Hegley fan for many years, ever since his first tentative steps onto television, followed by a little slot at an anti-whaling rally in Trafalgar Square (of all things), theediscerning is ever keen on seeing new books by him in the libra ...

theediscerning 08.10.2003 · Read full review
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Review of The Sound of Paint Drying - John Hegley