Gig
Author(s): Simon Armitage
A poet is a rock star without the sex'n'drugs, or the rock'n'roll. But that never stopped Simon Armitage dreaming, and in "Gig", he explores how music and the muse intertwine in work and in life. Crammed with stories, anecdotes, jokes, absurdities, the odd informal homily, pitfalls and pratfalls (not all the author's own), Yorkshire life and death, "Gig" is about the dream and reality of what you are, and what you might have been.
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'Engaging, eccentric, hilarious, incredibly good company. A wonderwall of moments and memories... one of our most entertaining authors' Independent 'Armitage is incapable of writing anything that is not wry, warm, witty and layered with meaning. Poignant and extraordinary' Metro 'Witty, terrific, stupendously funny' Daily Telegraph 'Profoundly affecting... probably the greatest joy I'll find on a page all year... reads like a transcript of the funniest stand-up you'll never hear' Herald 'I read this book in one sitting. It moved me to tears, to shouts of laughter, and made me look at even the most mundane things in a different way' Sunday Times
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General Fields
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- : Penguin Books
- : Penguin Books
- : 0.226
- : 28 May 2009
- : 198mm X 129mm X 20mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Simon Armitage
- : Paperback
- : 709
- : 821.914
- : 320
- : 2 x 8 pp inset