{"product_id":"hoping-it-might-be-so","title":"Hoping It Might Be So","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoping It Might Be So\u003c\/b\u003e brings together all of Kit Wright's previous collections for adults as well as three dozen new poems. The collection, first published in 2000, was described by Christina Patterson in the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e as 'funny and profoundly humane' and by Sophie Hannah in the \u003ci\u003ePN Review\u003c\/i\u003e as 'full of verve and energy, with a strong musical quality that makes you want to read on and hear more'. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSean O'Brien in the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e described Kit Wright as 'a masterly yet modest poet' while Ruth Padel in the \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e said that 'all through his work there is that poignancy, darkness, brush with despair, which marks great comic work.' The poet Anthony Wilson said that Wright 'can be funny, serious and moving, and sometimes all three in the space of a single poem'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoping It Might Be So\u003c\/b\u003e is a rewarding collection from an interesting, prolific and lively poet whose poems range from ribald to grief-stricken, elegiac to rambunctious.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54243574743384,"sku":"9780571243471","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571243471.jpg?v=1777704325","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/hoping-it-might-be-so","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}