Safety in Numbers

This is not the time for adultery.br>Your lover will fail to be impressed,br>not so much by the face maskbr>and stale musk of sanitizing gel,br>but your flouting of the rules.br>br>At once funny and moving, Safety in Numbers is the new collection from the nation''s favourite poet. Traversing new yet timeless terrain with his signature wit and intimacy, Roger McGough brings to life the very strangeness of our timesbr>br>From lost tongues and violins to rising oceans, from adulterers in lockdown to ghosts in line, we may live in dark times and yet find ourselves laughing. From surprising angles and with unexpected voices, McGough, ''a trickster you can trust'', reveals the telling moments of our lives.br>_______________br>br>PRAISE FOR ROGER MCGOUGHbr>br>''A witty and ingenious chronicler of British life with a deftness and agility that is hard to beat'' Poetry Societybr>br>''The patron saint of poetry'' Carol Ann Duffy br>br> ''McGough has done for poetry what champagne does for weddings'' Time Out>

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Sparky, thoughtful, inventive, and fun, it's also the mix of these qualities that makes this a fantastic collection Buzz Magazine

Product details

• Authors: Roger McGough
• Publisher: Viking
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 11.11.2021
• EAN: 9780241517352
• ISBN: 978-0-241-51735-2
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 8 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; England, Wales, Scotland, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Places, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Family, Northern Ireland, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Politics, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards), North America (USA and Canada)