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'If you like a) laughing or b) words which rhyme with each other, you will love Brian Bilston' - Richard Osman, author of We Solve Murders

'There is poetry to be found in anything if you look hard enough.'

You Took the Last Bus Home
is a collection of ingenious, hilarious and touching poems from Brian Bilston, one of Britain's funniest and best-loved poets.


With endless wit, wisdom and delightful wordplay, Bilston's first collection of poetry offers profound insights into the common joys and sorrows of modern life. Exploring themes as diverse as love, death, and the unbearable torment of forgetting to put the rubbish out, all of Bilston's poems are alive to the improbable nuances of the English language.

Constantly experimenting with poetic forms - from Venn diagrams to Scrabble tiles - this irresistibly charming collection of poems will make you ponder the very essence of the human condition in the twenty-first century.

'Bilston is a magician with words' - The Guardian
'Brian Bilston is a laureate for our fractured times' - Ian McMillan

**Brian's next book, How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside: An Alternative Guide to Writing and Enjoying Poetry, is available for pre-order now!**

'If you like a) laughing or b) words which rhyme with each other, you will love Brian Bilston' - Richard Osman, author of We Solve Murders

'There is poetry to be found in anything if you look hard enough.'

You Took the Last Bus Home
is a collection of ingenious, hilarious and touching poems from Brian Bilston, one of Britain's funniest and best-loved poets.


With endless wit, wisdom and delightful wordplay, Bilston's first collection of poetry offers profound insights into the common joys and sorrows of modern life. Exploring themes as diverse as love, death, and the unbearable torment of forgetting to put the rubbish out, all of Bilston's poems are alive to the improbable nuances of the English language.

Constantly experimenting with poetic forms - from Venn diagrams to Scrabble tiles - this irresistibly charming collection of poems will make you ponder the very essence of the human condition in the twenty-first century.

'Bilston is a magician with words' - The Guardian
'Brian Bilston is a laureate for our fractured times' - Ian McMillan

**Brian's next book, How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside: An Alternative Guide to Writing and Enjoying Poetry, is available for pre-order now!**

Über den Autor
Brian Bilston is a poet and novelist. With over 500,000 followers on social media, Brian has become truly beloved by the online community. He has published four collections of poetry for adults: You Took the Last Bus Home; Alexa, what is there to know about love?; Days Like These; and And So This is Christmas. His novel Diary of a Somebody was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award. He has also published collections of poetry for younger readers: 50 Ways to Score a Goal; Let Sleeping Cats Lie; and A Poem for Every Question. His acclaimed poem 'Refugees' has been made into an illustrated book for children.
Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Genre: Importe, Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781035086634
ISBN-10: 1035086638
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Bilston, Brian
Auflage: Main Market Ed.
Hersteller: Pan Macmillan
Picador
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 196 x 129 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Brian Bilston
Erscheinungsdatum: 21.08.2025
Gewicht: 0,176 kg
Artikel-ID: 133807159

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