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      All Points North: the bestselling memoir from the new Poet Laureate

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      Charting the rugged and uneven terrain of a writer's formative years - from tax problems to probation to American tours, football to family to running away to Iceland - this title explores growing up and being Northern.

      ''A joy. Celebrates the real world and revels in...

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      Product ID:9780141040462
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:All Points North
      Subtitle:the bestselling memoir from the new Poet Laureate
      Authors:Author: Simon Armitage
      Page Count:256
      Subjects:Memoirs, Memoirs, Yorkshire
      Description:Select Guide Rating
      Charting the rugged and uneven terrain of a writer's formative years - from tax problems to probation to American tours, football to family to running away to Iceland - this title explores growing up and being Northern.

      ''A joy. Celebrates the real world and revels in its mad glory'' Sue Townsend, Sunday Times
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      All Points North
      is part-memoir and part-excursion. Charting the rugged and uneven terrain of a writer''s formative years - from tax problems to probation to American tours, football to family to running away to Iceland - Simon Armitage explores growing up and being Northern. It''s about humour, language, writing, film, houses, homes, time wasters, one loose tyre, you, me and all points in-between.
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      ''Laugh-out-loud funny''
      Independent

      ''A delight'' Jonathan Raban, Times Literary Supplement

      ''A perfect holiday dipper'' Scotsman

      ''An Alan Bennett-style diary'' Daily Telegraph


      Imprint Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Publisher Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2009-05-28

      Additional information

      Weight186 g
      Dimensions197 × 129 × 17 mm