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Thud! from Terry Pratchett
KoomValley? That was where the trolls ambushed the dwarfs, or the dwarfs ambushed the trolls. It was far away. It was a long time ago.

But if he doesn’t solve the murder of just one dwarf, Commander Sam Vimes of Ankh-Morpork City Watch is going to see it fought again, right outside his office.
With his beloved Watch crumbling around him and war-drums sounding, he must unravel every clue, outwit every assassin and brave any darkness to find the solution.And darkness is following him....

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Title: The Secret Life of Poems
Author: Tom Paulin
ISBN: 0571226345
EAN: 9780571226344
320 Pages
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Binding: Hardcover
Publication date: 2008-01-17

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"The Secret Life of Poems" is a primer which offers a poem - or on occasion an excerpt - succeeding with commentary in which rhythm, form, metre and sources are the order of the day, not ethical commentary or descriptive paraphrase. This brief engagement with forty-seven poems is intended for students and readers of poetry, and seeks to explain how poetry works by bringing into view the hidden order of specific poems.

2008-07-22 Utterly compelling

These are utterly compelling and convincing analyses of an intriguing selection of poems. Almost exhausting in their relentless flow of ideas urging the reader deeper and deeper and on and on, I think this is a marvellous book and would love(but don't expect)more from Paulin who skilfully dissects each piece without diminishing its unique beauty and power. Wonderful - and repays rereading.