The poems in Body Beautiful were written during the period between when Ifor thomas was first diagnosed with prostate cancer to his surgery to remove the tumour and his recovery.

Ifor Thomas forged his reputation as a performance poet, his work more at home on the stage than tucked between the leaves of a poetry book. His last bok, the bnest selling Unsafe Sex, revealed a writer whose juoices were in full flow. In Body Beautiful, however, he successfully makes the transition to a writer of more reflective verse without losing his quick wit and abundant energy. He is unflinching as he peers into the pit, complaining only at the lack of light to illuminate the horrors.

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