Human Punk
Author | : John King |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2011-01-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781446444467 |
ISBN-13 | : 1446444465 |
Rating | : 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Download or read book Human Punk written by John King and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fifteen-year-old Martin, growing up in Slough, the summer of 1977 means punk rock, reggae music, disco girls, stolen cars, social-club lager, cut-throat Teds and a job picking cherries with the gypsies. Life is sweet - until he is beaten up and thrown in the Grand Union Canal with his best mate Smiles. Fast forward to 1988, and Joe is traveling home on the Trans-Siberian express after three years working in a Hong Kong bar, remembering the highs and lows of the intervening years as he comes to terms with catastrophe. Fast forward to 2000, and Joe is sitting pretty - earning a living as a DJ, selling records and fight tickets. Life is sweet again - until a face from the past forces him to re-live that night in 1977 and deal with the fall-out.