Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis

Wendy Cope

ISBN 10: 0571259294 / ISBN 13: 9780571259298

Published by Faber & Faber - Poetry Firsts, London, 2010

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A fine unread 1st impression of the Faber Poetry Firsts edition bound in illustrated boards. Signed by the Author on the title page. P&P will be reduced to cost.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis
• Publisher: Faber & Faber - Poetry Firsts, London
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571259294
• ISBN 13: 9780571259298
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Ed Kluz
• Edition: First Thus
• Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry

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Synopsis

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.

There are so many kinds of awful men -
One can't avoid them all. She often said
She'd never make the same mistake again:
She always made a new mistake instead.
(from 'Rondeau Redoublé')

About the Author

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 Cholmondeley Award for Poetry and in 1995 the American Academy of Arts and Letters Michael Braude Award for light verse.