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Animal morals
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Brings together for the first time the poems 'Be Kind To Worms' Week', 'The Reign of the Duck' and 'The Day of the Dog'. Also included are illustrations. |
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The day of the dog
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Comic verses dealing with a dog-dominated dystopia, with hardly a canine pun that's left unpunished. |
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The dumb Brum monster and other tales
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Paul Lester |
What the author describes as 'modest little pieces of fantasy fiction'. The first story, 'The Dumb Brum Monster', has what might be a Loch Ness Monster type creature mysteriously appearing in a provi… |
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A few lessons from Twilight Rise
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Paul Lester |
Consists of sixteen chapters from a larger work concerning the author's experiences at a English Secondary Modern school, product of the notorious Eleven Plus selection system, in the early 1960s. He… |
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Mirror on megalopolis
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Paul Lester |
Twenty poems by Paul Lester together with drawings by Les Roadhouse, the setting a futuristic cityscape, the theme dystopian. |
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The murder of Tommy Ball
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Paul Lester |
When gunshots rang out in Brick-kiln Lane, Perry Barr, England on the night of 11 November 1923 the life was claimed of Thomas Edger Ball, the Aston Villa Football Club centre-half and one of the cou… |
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Pa ul Lester and Roy Fisher
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Paul Lester |
Lester did an undergraduate dissertation on the Birmingham poet Roy Fisher in Manchester in 1974 - this is reproduced here together with Fisher's response, produced some ten or so years later. |
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The reign of the duck
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Paul Lester |
The title poem is one of the 'animal poems' series of pun-packed satires, which in other publications has taken on the vermiform, canine and feline etc. The booklet also includes the poems 'Talking t… |
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The sad sin of saucy Sue
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Paul Lester |
A story of a sex toy specially imported from the USA, which apparently takes on a mischievous life of it's own in this twist on the Frankenstein's monster theme. A bonus tale here has the conditions … |
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Sherlock Holmes in Birmingham
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Paul Lester |
As Lester shows, Conan Doyle, the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, had reason to know the Birmingham area well. The period Conan Doyle worked for a popular doctor in Aston was important in his … |
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Some hairy monsters
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Paul Lester |
The 'monsters' grouped together in this work have an easily recognisable similarity - they are all hairy ape-like creatures which pose different different degrees of challenge to human categorisation… |
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Changing channels
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Paul Lester |
Poetry by Paul Lester, cartoons by Les Roadhouse - satire and dark humour. |
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Beyond the Means Test
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Paul Lester |
In this study Paul Lester makes a fresh examination of the life and work of Walter Brierley. Brierley was one of the writers in the 1930s Birmingham Group, which also included Walter Allen,Peter Cham… |
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Derek the Dettol Man
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Paul Lester |
Short collection of humorous and satirical verse. Apart from the title poem, it includes, among others, 'Flower Power', 'My Career as a Dead Man', and 'Let Me Be Your Ritual Hate Object'. |
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The Two Kingdoms of Netherby
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Paul Lester |
Another short Netherby tale. He is still holding forth in the Art Gallery Tearoom - this time on the subject of monarchy. The two kingdoms featuring in the narrative are Redonda and Lestrygonia, both… |
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The Maggot and the Mobile Phone
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Paul Lester |
A slim volume of poetry, cover illustrated by the author. Included in this collection, among others, are the poems 'Maggots Can Be Mates' and 'The Curse of the Mobile Phone'. Satire and humour. |
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The Parrot's Claw
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Paul Lester |
The story is haunted by a grotty pet parrot. A repetitive, obsessive, probably insane individual named Dougal appears to share many features of the creature's character, as his life unravels. |
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The Special Branch
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Paul Lester |
Verse slanted towards the blackly humorous. Apart from the title poem, this volume includes 'On the Bus', 'She Was a Cold One'', 'Booklice', 'Did I Offend Anyone Last Night?', 'Cuckoo Spit', 'Hanged … |
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Magnet Maddened
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Paul Lester |
Verse with a satirical twist. |
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Hitting Where It Hurts
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Paul Lester |
Satiral poems, including 'Does Anyone Around Here Speak Tourist?', 'A Drunk Man Seeks Relief', 'How My Nose Bleeds For You', and 'Homage to a Glass of Beer'. A song supplement at the end reproduces s… |
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