Title:
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GIRO PLAYBOY
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By: |
Michael Smith |
Format: |
Paperback |
List price:
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£8.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0571230873 |
ISBN 13: |
9780571230877 |
Publisher: |
FABER & FABER |
Pub. date: |
1 March, 2007 |
Edition: |
Main |
Pages: |
128 |
Description: |
Recounts the (mis)adventures of a delusional drifter and his wanderings from the north-east to London, and on to Brighton and the badlands of Essex. This book shows how, along the way, he falls in love, drinks beer, ponders the meaning of life, and gets admitted to hospital for a painful condition - all the time measuring his life in cigarettes. |
Synopsis: |
An utterly charming miniature picaresque and a portrait of a life blissfully unmoored, "The Giro Playboy" is a 21st-century beat classic in the making. "The Giro Playboy" recounts the (mis)adventures of a delusional drifter and his wanderings from the north-east to London (where the streets are paved with gold), and on to Brighton and the badlands of Essex. Along the way, he falls in love, drinks a lot of beer, eats too many sweets, ponders the meaning of life on the dole, and gets admitted to hospital for a painful condition - all the time measuring his life in cigarettes. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Faber & Faber |
Returns: |
Returnable |