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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 821.914 EAN: 9780719559792 ISBN: 0719559790 Label: John Murray Manufacturer: John Murray Number Of Pages: 112 Publication Date: October 14, 1999 Publisher: John Murray Studio: John Murray Related Items:
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 Rating:  - AA Milne admirers, bewareThis is NOTHING like Milne. Yes, it is funny, if you like puerile, smutty and sometimes weak jokes. It has far more in common with Ogden Nash than Milne, but Christopher Matthew lacks Nash's talent. Eccles' illustrations are excellent, and do remind one of Shephard's. I am not yet sixty, but getting there fast, and am old enough to remember the early editions of Pooh and company fondly. The inside dust jacket review of my copy of 'Sixty' calls this an "affectionate tribute to Milne". In my opinion Matthew has deliberately mis-packaged his work to make money off Milne's place in our hearts. Rating:  - Great book.Great fun, great value, Makes a super gift for the person coming upto 60. Swift delivery. Ken Baker Wakefield. Rating: - A DELIGHT!I ordered this book from Amazon because I wanted to give it to a friend for her 60th birthday, but first of all, I fell in love with the front cover. It is brilliant, with the image of a decaying dust cover over a cloth one. Then the illustrations are wonderful so I looked at all of those first. And then ....... I read the utterly delightful verses! I showed it to another friend who took the book from me and all the time that we talked, clutched the book and I couldn't ask for it back. So I gave it to her and she cried with pleasure. Now I have to order another one (or two). It is such a wonderfully written and presented book and of course, it brings back memories of the original 'Now that we are Six' and there's no harm in remembering that book. Do buy it, whether for yourself or for a friend. Rating: - Hilarious, a must have book for anyone who loves humourMany years ago I found a book in a book shop that made me laugh out loud so much I had to buy it, if only to avoid the withering glances I was getting from other customers and the staff. That book was The Diary of Adrian Mole; I read it a good while before it became well known and turned into a TV series. It has taken me all this time to find another book that had the same effect. Now We Are Sixty by Christopher Matthew is that book. I stood in the bookshop unable to stop laughing. And I'm no where near sixty yet! I gave a copy to my father in law for Christmas and he loved it. It does help if you are familiar with the original poems by Milne, that way you get the rhyme in your head and the poem flows better. but even if you are not you will appreciate the remix of of Milne's work. The weird joining together of a wistful longing for the past, plus cynical observations of modern life and sureal poetry really works well. What else can I say? The book will be a classic of humourous poetry for years to come. Buy it, read it, love it. Rating: - For anyone who ever appreciated A A Milne......I am not yet sixty! I opened this book as an A A Milne lover. And closed it as a Christopher Matthews lover too. The modern translation hits home! One can't help but to identify!! Fun. Idiosyncratic.  Try searching the Internet for "Now We are Sixty" or Ebay for "Now We are Sixty". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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