- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Allison & Busby; New edition edition (Aug 1990)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0749000910
- ISBN-13: 978-0749000912
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,261,080 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I stayed up until I had finished this fabulous book as, having started it in the afternoon, I couldn't wait any longer to see how Lauren's adventures turned out.
This book is on my life-changers list as reading Kate's take on our shared history in early 80s Bournemouth and at the Third Side Club has inspired me to finally get further than page 1 of the novel I've been telling myself I'll write for at least 20 years.
Beyond the facts which I so fondly relate to, and as a voracious fiction reader I am also in love with Lauren and (most of) her family and friends and how, as usual, Kate draws you into the world which her characters inhabit and makes you care...enough to burn the midnight oil!
I am totally in awe of Kate's ability to make the ordinary day-to-day of life intriguing and enchanting. I love this book and if you were part of the Punk/Goth scene first time around or an Emo currently, you will too.
This book is on my life-changers list as reading Kate's take on our shared history in early 80s Bournemouth and at the Third Side Club has inspired me to finally get further than page 1 of the novel I've been telling myself I'll write for at least 20 years.
Beyond the facts which I so fondly relate to, and as a voracious fiction reader I am also in love with Lauren and (most of) her family and friends and how, as usual, Kate draws you into the world which her characters inhabit and makes you care...enough to burn the midnight oil!
I am totally in awe of Kate's ability to make the ordinary day-to-day of life intriguing and enchanting. I love this book and if you were part of the Punk/Goth scene first time around or an Emo currently, you will too.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
A Defining Novel
16 May 2011
Format:Paperback
As a UK citizen I remember this gritty book being enthusiastically reviewed in The Times and The Face. A comparison was made to Colin McInnes' Absolute Beginners. Our heroine actually grew up in Yorkshire (not London). This is a defining coming-of-age novel that has stood the test of time. It seems that those US readers who prefer a neat, bow-tied ending, should go out and purchase something with a more predictable formula. If, on the other hand, you're into a gritty, urban, retro novel, then I'd highly recommend this.
Punk/Goth/Emo version of "On the Road"
8 April 2012
Format:Hardcover
I stayed up until I had finished this fabulous book as, having started it in the afternoon, I couldn't wait any longer to see how Lauren's adventures turned out.
This book is on my life-changers list as reading Kate's take on our shared history in early 80s Bournemouth and at the Third Side Club has inspired me to finally get further than page 1 of the novel I've been telling myself I'll write for at least 20 years.
Beyond the facts which I so fondly relate to, and as a voracious fiction reader I am also in love with Lauren and (most of) her family and friends and how, as usual, Kate draws you into the world which her characters inhabit and makes you care...enough to burn the midnight oil!
I am totally in awe of Kate's ability to make the ordinary day-to-day of life intriguing and enchanting. I love this book and if you were part of the Punk/Goth scene first time around or an Emo currently, you will too.
This book is on my life-changers list as reading Kate's take on our shared history in early 80s Bournemouth and at the Third Side Club has inspired me to finally get further than page 1 of the novel I've been telling myself I'll write for at least 20 years.
Beyond the facts which I so fondly relate to, and as a voracious fiction reader I am also in love with Lauren and (most of) her family and friends and how, as usual, Kate draws you into the world which her characters inhabit and makes you care...enough to burn the midnight oil!
I am totally in awe of Kate's ability to make the ordinary day-to-day of life intriguing and enchanting. I love this book and if you were part of the Punk/Goth scene first time around or an Emo currently, you will too.
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Interesting premise, but not much else.
1 Oct 2002
Format:Hardcover
Kate Rigby, Fall of the Flamingo Circus (Villard, 1990)
It's an interesting concept: the diary of a disaffected girl growing up in London in the seventies and becoming part of the genesis of the punk subculture. An insider's view of what really happened, if you will. And it might have worked, had the main character been at all worth caring about. It didn't help matters that the main character was unable to spell. One assumes this was a conceit used to show her arrested educational development, but it came off less as empathetic than it did as outright annoying. Pass on this one. (zero)
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