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Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Wendy Cope
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| Series | FF Classics |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:80 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 179,Width 113 |
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| Category/Genre | Poetry by individual poets |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780571202508
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| Classifications | Dewey:821.914 |
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Export - FF Classics (Export)
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Faber & Faber
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| Imprint |
Faber & Faber
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| Publication Date |
4 October 1999 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
When Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis was first published, it catapulted its author into the bestseller lists and established her as one of our funniest and most eloquent poets.
Author Biography
Wendy Cope was born in Erith, Kent. After university she worked for fifteen years as a primary-school teacher in London. Her first collection of poems, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis, was published in 1986. In 1987 she received a Cholmondley Award for poetry and in 1993 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. In 1995 she won the American Academy of Letters Michael Braude Award for Light Verse and in 1999 she was awarded a Hon. D.Lit from King Alfred's College, Winchester (Southampton University). She has written and edited numerous poetry volumes and anthologies for both adults and children, and was shortlisted for the 2001 Whitbread Poetry Book of the Year for If I Don't Know.
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