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A freshly re-jacketed classic from "comedy's poet laureate" (Independent)
Five Sugars Please, John Hegley's bestselling third volume, is a collection of poems and prose pieces, accompanied by the author's drawings. It contains pieces on cafés ancient and modern, Romans and Martians, and the mystery of 'men's face-cloths', as well as the story 'Declaring Martian Law' "Hegley is that literary rarity - a successful poet, whose three slim volumes of verse repay debts to the pop ballads of Merseybeat bards such as Roger McGough and Brian Patten, the psychedelic psycho-babble of John Lennon, and the nonsense rhymes of Victorians Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll" (Guardian)
"John Hegley is not a normal poet ... The truth of the matter is that in all the best poetry, profundity and humour become one. The Elizabethans had a name for it - the Poetry of Wit" (Scotsman)
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About John Hegley John Hegley performs live in venues all over Britain, including London's Hackney and Bloomsbury Theatres and the Edinburgh Festival, and recently in New Zealand and Australia. He appears on television and radio and his poems are featured regularly in the Weekend Guardian. He has published five volumes of poetry.His various media appearances include Wogan, Ross, Anderson, a mention on Brookside, two John Peel sessions with musical outfit The Popticians, They Think It's All Over and a host of others. He has also been the subject of a BBC Radio 4 series Hearing With Hegley and his poems are featured regularly in the Weekend Guardian.
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