Product Description
“The funniest book ever about the Swinging Sixties.”
“Rude by hilarious.”
“A diamond on every page.”
“Embarrassingly funny.”
The 1960s. Swinging London. Free Love. LSD and Kaftans. Marianne Faithful riding a motorbike, the Royals driving minis, John Lennon in a psychedelic Rolls Royce.
But small-town teenage life away from the Kings Road hardly emulates the Swinging 60s of television and magazines. The Locarno Ballroom isn’t the Marquee Club, Tommy Storm and the Thunders can’t hold a candle to Gerry and the Pacemakers, the fashion isn’t Carnaby Street and the coffee in El Morocco is definitely less frothy than the 2is.
But sometimes it all comes close. Dangerously close when juggling the physical and emotional needs of three hot women begins to compete with what an army of groupies, naughty vicars and call-girl secretaries are getting up to in the News of the World.
In a single week, life for one would-be swinger explodes with the ferocity of the dreaded H-Bomb. And with the same fallout.
EVOCATIVE, COLOURFUL AND VERY, VERY FUNNY
Whether you were there for the 60s or not, NEARLY SWINGING is a rite-of-passage tale that will have you howling with laughter as you turn the pages for more.
“Rude by hilarious.”
“A diamond on every page.”
“Embarrassingly funny.”
The 1960s. Swinging London. Free Love. LSD and Kaftans. Marianne Faithful riding a motorbike, the Royals driving minis, John Lennon in a psychedelic Rolls Royce.
But small-town teenage life away from the Kings Road hardly emulates the Swinging 60s of television and magazines. The Locarno Ballroom isn’t the Marquee Club, Tommy Storm and the Thunders can’t hold a candle to Gerry and the Pacemakers, the fashion isn’t Carnaby Street and the coffee in El Morocco is definitely less frothy than the 2is.
But sometimes it all comes close. Dangerously close when juggling the physical and emotional needs of three hot women begins to compete with what an army of groupies, naughty vicars and call-girl secretaries are getting up to in the News of the World.
In a single week, life for one would-be swinger explodes with the ferocity of the dreaded H-Bomb. And with the same fallout.
EVOCATIVE, COLOURFUL AND VERY, VERY FUNNY
Whether you were there for the 60s or not, NEARLY SWINGING is a rite-of-passage tale that will have you howling with laughter as you turn the pages for more.
About the Author
Robin Edwards is an insightful author whose particular brand of humour evokes the 1960s in side-splitting fashion. Whether the reader was there or not, everyone will recognise elements of themselves in this rites-of-passage story. He has written, produced and directed sitcom, drama and features for television, as well as magazines and advertising over a period of thirty years. He has published two other novels, The Borgia Fraud and Slaves!
