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If you like these, you should check out
www.wordle.net. Try making some poetry word clouds -
Binsey Poplars by Gerard Manley Hopkins works really well.
What other people say
"I feel like I've just followed a brightly-coloured bouncing ball along a sunny street."
"It reminds me slightly of ’When We Came to the End’ by Joshua Ferris"
"Unfortunately, funny books often have caricatures instead of people, which I think spoils the enjoyment. Juice, thank goodness, is about real people."
"Fast moving, funny, interesting - all these things are true of Juice."
"I never thought I'd be so enthralled by an account of a couple of blokes knocking on doors.
This is a marvellous story by a gifted writer."
About the author
I like the usual things. Malt loaf. The Smiths. The villages and forests of Moravia. Sometimes life really is that simple. I'm married to the most amazing woman, and run happily ragged by two Austin Powers obsessed children.
I also have cystic fibrosis. I don't mention this because it is relevant or exciting, but because it seems wasteful to pass up an opportunity to publicise the fantastic work of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust:
