- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; First Edition edition (29 Aug 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 000715125X
- ISBN-13: 978-0007151257
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.6 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 534,257 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Praise for Tony Parsons:
‘Funny, serious, tender and honest…Tony Parsons is writing about the genuine dilemmas of modern life’ Sunday Express
‘He takes as his specialist subject contemporary emotional issues which almost every other male writer has ignored’ Guardian
‘Memorable and poignant – nobody squeezes more genuine emotion from a scene than Tony Parsons’ Spectator
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Praise for Tony Parsons:
‘Funny, serious, tender and honest…Tony Parsons is writing about the genuine dilemmas of modern life’ Sunday Express
‘He takes as his specialist subject contemporary emotional issues which almost every other male reader has ignored’ Guardian
‘Memorable and poignant – nobody squeezes more genuine emotion from a scene than Tony Parsons’ Spectator
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The novel is set during the punk era, and significantly and symbolically at the time when Elvis dies. It follows three young writers working for a music paper (the NME!) at the most exciting music era since Beatlemania. Great music references for those of you around in the 70's. - A book about self discovery by looking at your past.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having enjoyed the previous "Man and ..." books, I had high expectations which unfortunately were not met.
The various 'adventures' of the 3 characters were so similiar that I lost track of who was who. Thinking back now, it's all a bit of a blur.
The author had lightly sprinkled the earlier books with a number of references to the music and clothing of the time (usually 1980's) which I had all but forgotten and found pleasantly nostalgic. This book however tried to make up for a poor story with an overdose of nostalgia and didn't do it for me.
The various 'adventures' of the 3 characters were so similiar that I lost track of who was who. Thinking back now, it's all a bit of a blur.
The author had lightly sprinkled the earlier books with a number of references to the music and clothing of the time (usually 1980's) which I had all but forgotten and found pleasantly nostalgic. This book however tried to make up for a poor story with an overdose of nostalgia and didn't do it for me.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Being a proper music fan, and taking into account Tony Parson's NME background AND his other great books, I was, dare I say it, slightly disappointed. Parson's does have the ability to use a clever mix of emotional and descriptive language that as a reader just makes his books worthier than other authors . This book however, seemed to lack the potential to invoke empathy with some of the central characters.
I honestly started to have trouble separating Terry from Leon and then from Ray, but I do like the format of a character's story per sub-chapter, as Parson's demonstrated with his last novel.
Another drawback is just having Misty as the only main female, a strong woman, but no chance for me to have any empathy with her. It's Terry I feel for when she sneaks off with another character. I loved the music/band references and Leon's disco awakening was moderately amusing, coupled with the Red Mist Fanzine sub-plot.
I just remember feeling more sympathy with the characters from 'The Family Way' when compared to this novel, but nevertheless there are some highlights.
Any Zep fans who then found themselves seduced by three-chord nonsense and pogo-ing when punk reared its spitting head will find some things to relate to here. Not bad Tony, but see me after school. I'm off to meet Dag.
I honestly started to have trouble separating Terry from Leon and then from Ray, but I do like the format of a character's story per sub-chapter, as Parson's demonstrated with his last novel.
Another drawback is just having Misty as the only main female, a strong woman, but no chance for me to have any empathy with her. It's Terry I feel for when she sneaks off with another character. I loved the music/band references and Leon's disco awakening was moderately amusing, coupled with the Red Mist Fanzine sub-plot.
I just remember feeling more sympathy with the characters from 'The Family Way' when compared to this novel, but nevertheless there are some highlights.
Any Zep fans who then found themselves seduced by three-chord nonsense and pogo-ing when punk reared its spitting head will find some things to relate to here. Not bad Tony, but see me after school. I'm off to meet Dag.
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Disappointing
I have read several of Tony Parsons books so when I spotted this I had no hesitation in buying it straight away. Read more
Published 14 months ago by B. McNichoals
All the young dudes....
Set on the day that Elvis died this is a coming of age story based on three young writers for a Rock newspaper. Read more
Published 15 months ago by N. Brett
sorry chaps but i liked it
ok It,s not Proust but it's not trying to be! Most enjoyable romp through the night of Elvis's death in 1977. Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2010 by D. Anderson
Stories We Coul Tell
A fabulous book for anyone who was young and 'out there' in the 70's. The characters are not always pleasant but are certainly colourful and I identified quite strongly with their... Read more
Published on 20 Aug 2009 by Inky
Novel about punk by someone who was really there!
Tony Parsons' previous four novels have been a case of gradually diminishing returns for me though thankfully Stories We Could Tell bucks the trend and is something of a departure. Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2009 by Greg Farefield-Rose
Such a dissapointment
I really enjoyed Tony Parsons earlier work but off late he has really gone off the boil. Boring clichéd characters and the worst was it didn't feel like it was even set in... Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2009 by A. GOUGH
Some stories should not be told
Like many other reviewers, I have read Tony Parsons other books - so picked this up thinking I was getting the same.
I was wrong. Read more
I was wrong. Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2008 by Joanne D'Arcy
Where's The Funny Bit?
I will agree with the various other reviewers here who have expressed disappointment in the change of style from other books by Tony Parsons, but my main comment would be, that in... Read more
Published on 16 Sep 2007 by D. J. Seton
A Rare Nostalgic Novel
Very different to his previous novels, but strangely captivating. Perhaps a little difficult to get into at first, mainly because you realise it's poles apart from his usual style,... Read more
Published on 3 July 2007 by Emma Perry
The first 1 star I have ever given
I am quite easily pleased and it is rare for me to give up on a book. Well I made an exception for this book. Literally nothing happens! Read more
Published on 14 Jun 2007 by Daniel
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