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    Broken English: Something Akin To Poetry, #1
    Broken English: Something Akin To Poetry, #1
    Broken English: Something Akin To Poetry, #1
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    Broken English: Something Akin To Poetry, #1

    By Andrew Sparke

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    A rich mix of autobiographical, silly and romantic free verse.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAPS Publications
    Release dateMar 2, 2018
    ISBN9780957621145
    Broken English: Something Akin To Poetry, #1
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    Andrew Sparke

    A lawyer and retired local government Chief Executive, Andrew Sparke has reinvented himself as a writer and indie publisher. He owns and manages APS Publications, a vehicle for fiction, poetry, food, travel, sport, erotica, music, photography, health and spirituality, which publishes other indie authors as well as his own work. News and more information is available online at andrew.sparke.com Two novels 'Abuse, Cocaine and Soft Furnishings' and 'Copper Trance & Motorways' are available. A third entitled 'Anger Limerence & Fault Lines' is in preparation.

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