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Pam Ayres - The Works: The Classic Collection

  • Imprint: BBC Books

  • ISBN: 9781846077937

  • Length: 256  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 16mm x 126mm

  • Weight: 177g

  • RRP: £7.99

Pam Ayres - The Works: The Classic Collection

The Works contains 120 of Pam Ayres' best-known poems, including 'The Battery Hen', 'Please Will You Take Your Children Home Before I Do Them In?', 'Sling Another Chair Leg on the Fire, Mother' and, of course, 'Oh, I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth'.

This edition includes a general introduction by Pam, as well as individual introductions to these classic poems of the seventies and eighties, many of which are now illustrated with specially commissioned line drawings by Susan Hellard. The Works is certain to delight Pam's fans of all ages.

  • Imprint: BBC Books

  • ISBN: 9781846077937

  • Length: 256  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 16mm x 126mm

  • Weight: 177g

  • RRP: £7.99

Reviews

  • "Pam Ayres is a proper poet, whose wistful, funny, and perceptive verse captures both the joy and unfairness of life"

    Sunday Times

  • "One of the fastest selling tickets at the Fringe, Pam Ayres' appeal seems undiminished"

    Edinburgh Herald

  • "Pam Ayres is a poet for the people. Her verse portrays a wicked sense of humour, and deals with subjects not normally thought to be worthy of poetry"

    Melbourne Herald Sun

  • "Pam Ayres, the bestselling poet, writes as rhapsodically about the Wonderbra as Wordsworth did about daffodils"

    Guardian

  • "There are clear comparisons between Pam and Sir John Betjeman"

    Daily Express

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About the Author

Pam Ayres

Pam Ayres has been a writer, broadcaster, and entertainer for over 40 years. She is the author of several best-selling poetry books, including The Works, Surgically Enhanced, You Made Me Late Again!, and The Last Hedgehog. Pam’s autobiography, The Necessary Aptitude, was a best seller when it was published in 2011. On radio she is a regular on Just A Minute, has made six series of her own Ayres On The Air, and has appeared twice on the legendary Desert Island Discs. Pam performs her solo stage show throughout the UK, and lives in the Cotswolds, where she is an enthusiastic gardener for wildlife.

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