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Gig: The Life and Times of a Rock-Star Fantasist
Simon Armitage
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Description for Gig: The Life and Times of a Rock-Star Fantasist
Paperback. Explores how music and the muse intertwine in work and in life. This title includes stories, anecdotes, jokes, absurdities, the odd informal homily, pitfalls and pratfalls, and Yorkshire life and death. It is about the dream and reality of what you are, and what you might have been. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 x 8 pp inset. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 240.
'Extremely funny' Sunday Telegraph
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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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'One of our most entertaining authors' Independent
'Very, very funny' GQ
'Witty, terrific, stupendously funny' Daily ... Read more
Simon Armitage, Sunday Times bestseller, April 2024
Product Details
Publisher
Viking
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141021249
SKU
V9780141021249
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-30
About Simon Armitage
Simon Armitage was born in West Yorkshire in 1963, and continues to live near Huddersfield. He is one of the leading writers of his generation. He has won the Sunday Times author of the year, the Forward Prize, a Lannan Award, and an Ivor Novello Award for his song lyrics in the Channel 4 film, Feltham Sings
Reviews for Gig: The Life and Times of a Rock-Star Fantasist
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
Extremely funny, brilliant
Sunday Telegraph
Engaging, eccentric, hilarious, incredibly good company. A wonderwall of moments and memories . . . one of our most ... Read more
Sunday Times
Extremely funny, brilliant
Sunday Telegraph
Engaging, eccentric, hilarious, incredibly good company. A wonderwall of moments and memories . . . one of our most ... Read more