Non-stop Nonsense Singapore Style; Opus Britannica
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Send to friendNon-stop Nonsense Singapore Style
Two very unusual collections of poems with detailed black-and-white line drawings. Singapore Style came first and reflects the time Stephanie McGurk lived there, drawing on the exotic and unfamiliar fruits and flowers to give a distance and rarified feel. My favourite, though, brings faraway things right back home with a fresh look at the cash machine called simply 'Magic'. If only!
Opus Britannica continues the theme, but the tone is cool and temperate made magical by more than a dash of gnome and dragon life. It was 'Boy trouble, girl trouble' that made me stop and re-read. Life can be tiresome when you're young.
