Absolute Beginners: The twentieth-century cult classic - Brossura

MacInnes, Colin

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ISBN 10: 0749009985 ISBN 13: 9780749009984

Casa editrice: Allison & Busby, 2011

Riassunto

Absolute Beginners was Radio 4's Book at Bedtime Mon 13th - Fri 17th January 2014 London, 1958. In the smoky jazz clubs of Soho and the coffee bars of Notting Hill the young and the restless - the absolute beginners - are forging a new carefree lifestyle of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. Moving in the midst of this world of mods and rockers, Teddy gangs and trads., and snapping every scene with his trusty Rolleiflex, is MacInnes' young photographer, whose unique wit and honest views remain the definitive account of London life in the 1950s and what it means to be a teenager. In this twentieth century cult classic, MacInnes captures the spirit of a generation and creates the style bible for anyone interested in Mod culture, and the changing face of London in the era of the first race riots and the lead up to the swinging Sixties... One of Stylist’s ’30 Books Every Woman Should Read’ list and The Guardian’s ‘1000 Novels Everyone Must Read'

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Informazioni sull?autore

A talented off-beat journalist and social observer, Colin MacInnes is best known for his trilogy of London novels which includes Absolute Beginners as well as City of Spades and Mr Love and Justice. He also wrote about the allied occupation of Germany in the aftermath of the Second World War, in June in Her Spring and England, Half English. He died of cancer in 1976. Since his death his best essays, fiction and journalism have been published in various collections.

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London, 1958. In the jazz clubs of Soho and the coffee bars of Notting Hill the young and the restless - the absolute beginners - are forging a new lifestyle of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. Moving through this world is MacInnes' young photographer, whose wit and honest views remain definitive of 1950s London and what it means to be a teenager.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Allison & Busby
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0749009985
• ISBN 13: 9780749009984
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 286
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile