This collection brings together many of John Hegley's trademark themes - dogs, glasses, Luton - and joins them with a moving and humorous series of meditations, poems and stories... more
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McCarthy's Bard Review ofThe Sound of Paint Drying - John Hegleyby
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Advantages: Some fun Disadvantages: Less verse
...new books by him in the library. The Sound of Paint Drying is the latest, and is roughly number eight-and-a-bit in the list (the bit being a short privately published thing, added to The Family Pack compendium for us completists).
However, with the second half of the list branching out into short stories, playlets, and extended sequences of light frippery that lost the Hegley edge, the books have long since lost any potential five-star status, although ... ...not read or heard him, the “standard” Hegley is a short poem, to humorous effect, sitting proud in large print in a poor-value book near you now. The hour maximum spent reading a Hegley book will provide many chuckles, or at least snickers, plus possibly the thought of being able to emulate him, or improve (especially when considering the print-to-price ratio making such compilations seem such easy work). Such thoughts should be banished, of course, ...
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This collection brings together many of John Hegley's trademark themes - dogs, glasses, Luton - and joins them with a moving and humorous series of meditations, poems and stories on the parent-child relationship; from John's response to his father to John's daughter's response to himself.
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