Beatniks: An English Road Movie - Couverture rigide

Litt, Toby

 
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Synopsis

A testimony to "Hipness" and a warning against the dangers of its excesses. It is 1995. At a party in Bedford, Mary has just met Jack and Neal, a couple of angel-headed hipsters and Bedford's very own self-confessed "Beats". They set off together on a road trip to Brighton.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

1995, and at a party in Bedford, Mary meets Jack and Neal, a pair of hipsters and self-confessed 'Beats' stuck (un)squarely in the sixties. After a 'Beat (not-quite) Happening' at the local library, the three of them (and Neal's cat Koko) set off in Mary's Vauxhall on a road trip to Brighton in search of literary fame and fortune. But, this is neither the time nor the place for free love, uncomplicated sex and unrestrained cool - this is 1990s Britain and everything comes with a price ...

Biographie de l'auteur

Toby Litt is the author of Adventures in Capitalism, Beatniks, Corpsing, deadkidsongs, Exhibitionism and Finding Myself. He was named one of Granta's 20 Best of Young British Novelists, 2003.

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