Pier Review

A Road Trip in Search of the Great British Seaside

Danny Smith, Jon Bounds (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2016
Summersdale Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-84953-811-4 (ISBN)

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Two friends, Jon and Danny, embark on a hare-brained journey to see all the surviving pleasure piers in England and Wales, recruiting Midge (a man they barely know) as their driver, even though he has to be back in two weeks to sign on... Join them as they take a funny and nostalgic look at Britishness at the beach and friendship on the road.

Fifty-five piers. Two weeks. One eccentric road trip.

Before the seaside of their youth disappears forever, two friends from the landlocked Midlands embark on a peculiar journey to see all the surviving pleasure piers in England and Wales. With a clapped-out car and not enough cash, Jon and Danny recruit Midge, a man they barely know, to be their driver, even though he has to be back in a fortnight to sign on...

Join Jon and Danny as they take a funny and nostalgic look at Britishness at the beach, amusement in the arcades and friendship on the road.

Jon Bounds documented outsider culture for the website ‘Birmingham: It’s Not Shit’ for ten years. He’s written for the Birmingham Post, Fused and the Guardian, and has appeared as a cultural commentator on Radio 4. He lives with his wife in a small town in Oxfordshire, where he is thinking of taking up Morris dancing. Danny Smith has written on culture, pop or otherwise, for Vice, Fused and Area magazines. He’s worked the bars and doors of some of the roughest pubs in Birmingham, sold encyclopedias in the Australian outback and taught gang kids from the ghettos of New Jersey how to shoot a bow and arrow. He’s now back in Birmingham.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.2.2016
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa
ISBN-10	1-84953-811-5 / 1849538115
ISBN-13	978-1-84953-811-4 / 9781849538114
Zustand	Neuware