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Chris Rose

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Description:A look back. Without the rose-tinted spectacles, but with hindsight and humour, and with poignancy and affection.1978. The North.Phillip sees life in a simplistic if passionate way: up or down, us and them, black, white and nothing in-between. When not doing his ‘thing’ in Wigan’s Casino Club – voted ‘The Greatest Disco in the World’ by Time Magazine – Phillip hates the world. Or at least he thinks he does. He longs for the weekend, or a greater, permanent escape from the daily grind of factory life in an industrial town.With a little imagination, he might realise things midweek aren’t that bad: there’s the loving family, the secure job amid mass unemployment, a relationship with the perfect young woman… Or maybe he realises too late. And all he’d deemed important was only ever an illusion, his reflected image included.Coming full circle by way of loss and more loss, you would hope lessons are learned…The book progresses through myriad dream sequences, interwoven song lyrics, a father’s philosophical ramblings, ever blackening wit, leitmotif – or seemingly recurring scenes; is someone laughing at our hero? And Phillip’s own, lyrical, strut-like, black or white manner.Dancehall adventures via train rides to Heaven, scooter cruising almost coast to coast. Beneath the pier encounters with the opposite sex, et al… set against the birth of Scargill and Thatcher feuding… * * * * * “I think the combination of Phillip’s disenchantment, your common humour and your literary style is precisely what it takes to guarantee a good read… Makes Nick Hornby look like Humpty Dumpty” (author Joan Barbara SIMON)“… already finding myself immersed in this character’s life. Great stuff.” (author Luke Hogdes-RAMON)“… incredibly rich… there is so much going on in each sentence… it’s so damn eloquently written! Even in a couple of paragraphs you manage to evoke such a sense of the time. Brilliant characters who spring off the page… I wait in anticipation to read the whole novel – hope you won’t keep us waiting too long.” (anonymous author)“Your writing is beautiful…” (author Jacqui MALPASS)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Wood, Talc And Mr. J: We Never Had It So Good.... To get started finding Wood, Talc And Mr. J: We Never Had It So Good..., you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: A look back. Without the rose-tinted spectacles, but with hindsight and humour, and with poignancy and affection.1978. The North.Phillip sees life in a simplistic if passionate way: up or down, us and them, black, white and nothing in-between. When not doing his ‘thing’ in Wigan’s Casino Club – voted ‘The Greatest Disco in the World’ by Time Magazine – Phillip hates the world. Or at least he thinks he does. He longs for the weekend, or a greater, permanent escape from the daily grind of factory life in an industrial town.With a little imagination, he might realise things midweek aren’t that bad: there’s the loving family, the secure job amid mass unemployment, a relationship with the perfect young woman… Or maybe he realises too late. And all he’d deemed important was only ever an illusion, his reflected image included.Coming full circle by way of loss and more loss, you would hope lessons are learned…The book progresses through myriad dream sequences, interwoven song lyrics, a father’s philosophical ramblings, ever blackening wit, leitmotif – or seemingly recurring scenes; is someone laughing at our hero? And Phillip’s own, lyrical, strut-like, black or white manner.Dancehall adventures via train rides to Heaven, scooter cruising almost coast to coast. Beneath the pier encounters with the opposite sex, et al… set against the birth of Scargill and Thatcher feuding… * * * * * “I think the combination of Phillip’s disenchantment, your common humour and your literary style is precisely what it takes to guarantee a good read… Makes Nick Hornby look like Humpty Dumpty” (author Joan Barbara SIMON)“… already finding myself immersed in this character’s life. Great stuff.” (author Luke Hogdes-RAMON)“… incredibly rich… there is so much going on in each sentence… it’s so damn eloquently written! Even in a couple of paragraphs you manage to evoke such a sense of the time. Brilliant characters who spring off the page… I wait in anticipation to read the whole novel – hope you won’t keep us waiting too long.” (anonymous author)“Your writing is beautiful…” (author Jacqui MALPASS)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Wood, Talc And Mr. J: We Never Had It So Good.... To get started finding Wood, Talc And Mr. J: We Never Had It So Good..., you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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