Jake Thackray : The Unsung Writer - Paul Thompson Genre:Prose: non-fiction

Jake Thackray : The Unsung Writer - Paul Thompson Genre:Prose: non-fictionFrom the writer of `Beware of the Bull'. Hilarious, irreverent, poignant, fanciful, quirky, imaginative, original, musical, Jake Thackray was a storytelling genius who loved using words to entertain, move, surprise and provoke. While his extraordinary songs are rightly celebrated, they were not the beginning of his life as a wordsmith, nor the end. `Jake Thackray The Unsung Writer' is a chance to explore Jake's other writings, including love poetry;

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