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The Incomplete Tim Key

About 300 of His Poetical Gems and What-Nots

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The Incomplete Tim Key

By: Tim Key
Narrated by: Tim Key
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About this listen

You've got your greedy little claws on Key's audiobook. It represents the most comprehensive collection of poeticals put together to date. Whichever way you care to look at this, it is pretty much a wall of poems. There are lots of them. Too many maybe. If there's such a thing as too many poems, which in all likelihood there is.

These poems (by award-winning Key) are primarily about love, sex, dreams, death and fruit (strawberries, beans etc). This audiobook has come out as a sort of accompaniment to the actual book.

The two are quite similar, except this one's got snippets of music and the actual book is a bit heavier and can be burned in an emergency.

The release of the book, audiobook and ebook in no way tie in with things like 'demand' or 'clamour' but are more a result of Key having a full English breakfast with the right person at the right time. You shouldn't feel like you're taking the easy option by getting the audiobook rather than fronting up and buying the hard copy - some people like to enjoy poetry in the car and Key isn't the kind of person to suggest you jam the actual book against the steering wheel with your elbow and divide your attention between reading the lovely verse and narrowly avoiding a Prius. No, get the audiobook.

By all means, get the audiobook - ideally in addition to the actual book. Cue it up, and get it blaring out whilst you're doing other things.

©2011 Tim Key (P)2011 Canongate Books
European Poetry World Literature Witty Funny Comedy Feel-Good

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It was a real treat getting to hear Tim read out his poetry. The poems are great in written form but they spring to life when Tim reads them in his laid back voice. Its just a shame the book wasn't longer. I could've listened to his poems for at least another 3 or 16 hours.

Lovely Stuff

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I loved this, it's going to get frequent listens when I need bite size chunks of joy and laughter.

cashews

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Strange, bizarre, and amusing poetry read in Key's inimical manner with a little commentary and self awareness, not to mention Joe on the banjo and trumpet.

A Weird, Wry Little Gem

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Loved it, 13 more words are required for this review so these are basically them.

Great stuff

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it's a joy. a pleasure. a rare thing indeed.

this poetry, is what you need.

yes please, thank you very much

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