- Paperback: 276 pages
- Publisher: Discovered Authors (21 Aug 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1905108559
- ISBN-13: 978-1905108558
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 12.4 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,038,722 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Painfully funny... An absolute scorcher! --Goldie
An outstanding debut, from an impressive new talent. --Discovered Authors
An outstanding debut, from an impressive new talent. --Discovered Authors
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It's better to live your dream and fail, than not to try and do it at all... This was when... Banksy was being cleaned off walls. Anti-globalisation was radical. Word of mouth was all about 'keeping it real'... Running a cutting-edge fashion label from a small Devon seaside town, Che Capri and Travis were living the dream. Sewerside's first collection had been a hit, but now cash is running out and their ambitions of making it big are disappearing fast. It's time to hatch a plan - which sees them joined by graffiti artists, DJ's, MC's, skateboarders and counter-cultural provocateurs intent on resisting the blanding down of society by consumer forces. Embodying the ideals of a post-punk, rave-influenced generation, Sewerside Chronicles is an exciting and comic combination of fashion, politics, raves in the countryside and anarchy at Glastonbury. Zip up. button down and come along for the outrageous ride...
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The Sewerside Chronicles was a book chosen by one of our book club members and I very much enjoyed it. It's a story about a small (creative) business struggling to make it. The worse things become, the more the protagonist (Che Capri) has to revert to some nefarious dealings in an effort to keep the business alive, relying on a little help from his Sewerside gang of mixed creative talents. That's the basic premise and makes for a good story.... What I particularly liked about it was the fact that it evoked a sense of idealism. The motivating force is a sense of kinship rather than financial self-interest, which I think is particularly poignant with what's going on in the world at the moment. Tim Lay is a talented writer who has mastered skill of writing simply (which is actually rather difficult!) and the book is hard to put down once you start reading it.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
thoroughly recomend this book for anyone who enjoys life and who likes to laugh...not only a great story about a mad bunch of characters and their escapades but also a thought provokng comment on the end of an era...
for a debut novel plucked out of nowhere by winning an unknown authors competition this is great stuff and definitley a future cult classic..watch out for the film as it has 'screenplay' written all over it..
for a debut novel plucked out of nowhere by winning an unknown authors competition this is great stuff and definitley a future cult classic..watch out for the film as it has 'screenplay' written all over it..
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I managed to read a copy of this before it became hard to get hold of. I think its a real cult book that will find its way onto the coolest of bookshelves. A brilliant and humorous read charting the colourful lives of creative types from a small town in the southwest. its even got artwork throughout by up and coming graf artist mau-mau. A classy & stylish book.
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