Author: | Jonathan Coe | ISBN: | 9780307429278 |
Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | December 18, 2007 |
Imprint: | Vintage | Language: | English |
Author: | Jonathan Coe |
ISBN: | 9780307429278 |
Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
Publication: | December 18, 2007 |
Imprint: | Vintage |
Language: | English |
Birmingham, England, c. 1973: industrial strikes, bad pop music, corrosive class warfare, adolescent angst, IRA bombings. Four friends: a class clown who stoops very low for a laugh; a confused artist enthralled by guitar rock; an earnest radical with socialist leanings; and a quiet dreamer obsessed with poetry, God, and the prettiest girl in school. As the world appears to self-destruct around them, they hold together to navigate the choppy waters of a decidedly ambiguous decade.
Birmingham, England, c. 1973: industrial strikes, bad pop music, corrosive class warfare, adolescent angst, IRA bombings. Four friends: a class clown who stoops very low for a laugh; a confused artist enthralled by guitar rock; an earnest radical with socialist leanings; and a quiet dreamer obsessed with poetry, God, and the prettiest girl in school. As the world appears to self-destruct around them, they hold together to navigate the choppy waters of a decidedly ambiguous decade.