Old, Fat, Punks
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (815 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B014FGPQD0 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 120 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A brlliant romanitc look back at the British punk movement and a blistering indictment of today's political climate This is an outstanding novel. It is also a very dangerous novel. Old, Fat, Punks is nostalgic tribute to a bygone era. A pre-Margaret Thatcher, pre-Ronald Reagan era in which young people still thought they could change the world for the better - an idealistic era, a romantic era. This novel is also about the cold hard truth that that era has passed and it is a blistering critique of the world we live in today.Derek, Trol (one "l" because two is too much work) and Tim are aging, drunk, unsuccessful former punks from the late 1970s. Each one is facing a grinding, humiliating futu
Disillusioned by the way the world has turned out and the frustration of their teenage dreams of a better life or a revolution. Derek, Tim and 'Trol' are three ageing rebels, hitting their fifties. Watching a riot unfurl on television, to no point and no effect, their frustration boils over and they decide to do something futile and stupid, a grand, nihilistic gesture of futility.Comedy, social and political satire, and frustration all meet in this story of a 'revolutionary caper' in a style somewhere between The Comic Strip Presents and Guy Ritchie.. All they have left are stories of past glory and pints of cheap beer at one of the last punk-pubs in London