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Title: CLEVER BACKBONE
By: John Agard
Format: Paperback

List price: £10.99
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ISBN 10: 185224822X
ISBN 13: 9781852248222
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Publisher: BLOODAXE BOOKS LTD
Pub. date: 10 February, 2009
Pages: 72
Description: John Agard has been broadening the canvas of British poetry over the years with his mischievous, satirical fables. This book plays havoc with biology and makes a monkey out of Darwinian evolution - on the occasion of the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his "Origin of Species".
Synopsis: John Agard has been broadening the canvas of British poetry for the past 30 years with his mischievous, satirical fables. In "Clever Backbone", the Guyanese-born word magician plays havoc with biology and makes a monkey out of Darwinian evolution - on the occasion of the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his "Origin of Species". His "Alternative Anthem: Selected Poems" (with DVD) is published at the same time.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Returns: Returnable
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