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The Giro Playboy Michael Smith

The Giro Playboy By Michael Smith

The Giro Playboy by Michael Smith


$14.99
Condition - Very Good
6 in stock

Summary

Recounts the (mis)adventures of a delusional drifter and his wanderings from the north-east to London, and on to Brighton and the badlands of Essex. This book shows how, along the way, he falls in love, drinks beer, ponders the meaning of life, and gets admitted to hospital for a painful condition - all the time measuring his life in cigarettes.

The Giro Playboy Summary

The Giro Playboy by Michael Smith

For a while I lived in a seaside resort, in a bargain bedsit next to the King of Portugal's old mansion retreat, in 'The Beverly Hills of the Georgian Era' - nowadays it's a faded bohemia of trannies and longhair public school bongo players and midget scousers gouching in telephone boxes next to the methadone clinic - I would get up at Z o'clock and wander around restlessly in flip flops, on my giro holiday, smiling at the beautiful scenery, feeling useless, wondering what my role could be in this world, that boring beautiful ocean just stretching before me everyday, as I pondered what to do . . . The Giro Playboy recounts the (mis)adventures of a delusional drifter and his wanderings from the north-east to London (where the streets are paved with gold), and on to Brighton and the badlands of Essex. Along the way he falls in love, drinks a lot of beer, eats too many sweets, ponders the meaning of life on the dole, and gets admitted to hospital for a painful condition - all the time measuring his life in cigarettes.

The Giro Playboy Reviews

"'A British beat classic for the 21st-century.' Esquire"

About Michael Smith

Michael Smith was born in London but would rather people didn't know that. He spent most of his life living in Hartlepool and is writing his second novel, The Birds.

Additional information

GOR001317978
9780571230877
0571230873
The Giro Playboy by Michael Smith
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Faber & Faber
2007-03-01
224
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

Customer Reviews - The Giro Playboy