A Triple-Decker Treat
Collected Poems for Old Dogs and Young Hearts
Christopher Matthew author Tony Ross illustrator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Published:1st Nov '19
Should be back in stock very soon
Stepping into the lower deck of Christopher Matthew's Triple-Decker Treat, we discover that not only can a Le Creuset casserole be very dangerous in the wrong hands, but so too can Pilates, open-air opera in evening dress, weekending in Wales with a pug, and pushing a trolley in Waitrose.
Next deck up, we meet a menagerie of assorted dogs - among them a spaniel who was once a big star of TV commercials, a Camp Bastion war hero, an overweight pug with ambitions to be a sheepdog and a psychotic Great Dane called Cher Bebe.
Finally, on the top deck, we negotiate the pleasures and pitfalls of romance in later years. Love is revealed in the most unlikely places, with the most unlikely people seeking it.
Often very funny and always touching, these delightful and stirring verses about cast-iron cookware, rear-fixated puppies and late-flowering love are a celebration of everything life has to offer.
It is high time some brave bard took up his pen in praise of senior sensuality, and Christopher Matthew has risen to the challenge . . . [A] sprightly volume of bittersweet verse - Daily Mail
Christopher Matthew is a comic geniusISBN: 9781408710135
Dimensions: 196mm x 126mm x 30mm
Weight: 346g
448 pages