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Cover of Absolute Beginners

Absolute Beginners

✍ Scribed by MacInnes, Colin


Book ID
108070725
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Weight
138 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780749011406

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✦ Synopsis


_' I swore by Elvis and all the saints that this last teenage year of mine was going to be a real rave. Yes, man, come whatever, this last year of the teenage dream I was out for kicks and fantasy'

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London, 1958. A new phenomenon is causing a stir: the teenager.

In the smoky jazz clubs of Soho and the coffee bars of Notting Hill the young and the restless - the absolute beginners - are revolutionising youth culture and forging a new carefree lifestyle of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. Moving in the midst of this world of mods and rockers, Teddy gangs and trads., and snapping every scene with his trusty Rolleiflex, is MacInnes' young photographer, whose unique wit and honest views remain the definitive account of London life in the 1950s and what it means to be a teenager.

In this twentieth century cult classic, MacInnes captures the spirit of a generation and creates the style bible for anyone interested in Mod culture, and...


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