Out of Time: 1966 and the End of Old-Fashioned Britain - Couverture rigide

Chapman, Peter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1472917154 ISBN 13 : 9781472917157

Editeur : Wisden, 2016

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

It is a book to read avidly from cover to cover
- www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk

Excellent
- Choice Magazine

Very enjoyable
- The Financial Times

Out of Time describes with charm and self-deprecating humour the attractions of sexual fumbling, holidays abroad, the London music scene, Chinese food and much else. But this joyous book, a memoir of late adolescence laced with social and football history, is also a catalogue of both the untidiness and the limits of change, and a reminder that even in London opportunities were circumscribed and aspirations often throttled.
- The Financial Times

I loved it ... brings the year vividly alive
Jim Crace

Out of Time is a gentle and affectionate portrait of the capital's gradual awakening to the charm of pop culture at that time. --- The Economist

[An] excellent memoir --Choice Magazine

I loved it ... brings the year vividly alive
Jim Crace

Out of Time describes with charm and self-deprecating humour the attractions of sexual fumbling, holidays abroad, the London music scene, Chinese food and much else. But this joyous book, a memoir of late adolescence laced with social and football history, is also a catalogue of both the untidiness and the limits of change, and a reminder that even in London opportunities were circumscribed and aspirations often throttled. -- Financial Times

Very enjoyable --Financial Times

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In the summer of 1966 Peter Chapman was a naive 18-year-old from the Angel in north London. He was just about to enter the world of work, having flunked his A Levels and recently discovered that he would not be fulfilling his dream of becoming a professional footballer at Leyton Orient. As a young man on the brink of adulthood, he found himself in a country also on the brink of huge change - and about to have one of the most significant sporting successes in its history. Focused around England's one and only World Cup victory, Out of Time tells the story of that summer - both the football and the country's broader political, social and economic picture - through his 18-year-old eyes, and offers a vivid and beautifully written portrait of what life was like in 1966.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Wisden
• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1472917154
• ISBN 13: 9781472917157
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288