Listener
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Canongate Books
Published:4th Jun '09
£9.99
Available to order, but very limited on stock - if we have issues obtaining a copy, we will let you know.
The long-awaited new book from the poet, talking head and star of Grumpy Old Men
A searingly honest and striking collection from the poet, talking head and star of Grumpy Old MenListener overflows with love poems, inner-city soap operas, reflections on history, mystery and felicity and much more. Every page sings with Sissay's unique voice - visionary, good-humoured and bursting with life.
His name is magic, his poems are songs on the street. * * Independent * *
Hugely enjoyable, inventive, funny and touching. * * Guardian * *
The product of an imagination that is rare, passionate, committed, occasionally distraught and tender. * * Straight No Chaser * *
Sissay writes of love, hate, politics and everyday trivia with an accessible, compelling and unusual honesty. * * Big Issue * *
[Listener] presents on page its very own visual and musical sparkle... -- Mary Mazzilli * * Incorporating Writing * *
A work of vision and playfulness whose poems address everything from war and colonialism to love e-mails . . . Piercingly beautiful. * * Big Issue * *
ISBN: 9781841958958
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 7mm
Weight: 92g
128 pages
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