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WOOF!: a barking mad story of goths, gays and students gallivanting
 
 

WOOF!: a barking mad story of goths, gays and students gallivanting [Kindle Edition]

Andrew S. Hinkinson
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)

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This barking mad, adults-only story is set in Manchester. The year is 1992. This, friends, is the north of England from the perspective of youth: wild, sexy, free and mashed on E.


WOOF! revolves around Peter and his friends Derek, Kate, Sophia and Fatima. They're putting on a play for the course they're doing at the polytechnic. Only, the playwright thinks it's quite probably the worst student play ever. And there have been some stinkers. He's working with a chain-smoking gothic diva, a perpetual stoner, a director who likes Elaine Paige and a nymphomaniac, polyamorous self-harmer.


What could possibly go wrong?


If you like the idea of a crazy but coherent coming-of-age story, well-written and presented, then WOOF! might just be the class A recreational novel you've been looking for ever since you realised Oz is not only real but located somewhere between a warehouse rave in Milton Keynes and a potting shed in Dewsbury.

About the Author

Andrew S. Hinkinson was born in Lancashire, England. His mother had a home birth, which is how the family's toy poodle was able to bite the doctor when he turned up after all the messy stuff was over and done with. On his first day at school, left-handed Andrew produced a fairy story for his teacher but she had to use a mirror to read the backwards writing. "The spelling was perfect, though," she said. Thankfully for all of us, Andrew learned to write the other way round. He was soon drawing comic books with intricate and episodic sci-fi plots, selling them in the school playground for ten pence a copy. In his early teens he got into trouble not only for drawing very rude pictures and selling them to his friends, but for producing his x-rated juvenilia on school paper purloined from the art supplies cupboard. Andrew moved to London to see the Queen and find Puss in Boots but somehow ended up with a Bachelor's degree in English and Theatre Arts from Goldsmiths College, University of London. He lived in London for 13 years and worked as an editor and copywriter. Relocating to a small market town in the Yorkshire Dales, Andrew studied poetry under the tutelage of world-famous poets like Simon Armitage and the UK's first-ever female Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy and was awarded an MA in Creative Writing.

Product details

  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 485 KB
  • Print Length: 270 pages
  • Publisher: The Copy Devil (5 Sep 2012)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B0096FLZX6
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #70,085 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Fluffy 16 April 2013
By DGC
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The book tries to be gritty and reminisces about the characters' younger days but somehow it just seems flaccid. It's neither a "strewth, what were we doing?" review of the 90s nor a celebration of the joy of youth. It just came across as a list of stereotypes who didn't do a lot - the gay character, the goth, the druggie. All very formulaic but just lacking something interesting.
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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Naughty and nice 3 Oct 2012
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This is a book about four main characters whose lives you get a chance to experience through those difficult college or university years that we all went through. You get a chance to feel the social awkwardness of it all through a hilarious and naughty drug and alcohol fuelled romp. It is funny, it is cruel and it is true-to-life. But as you read through the story, you can't help but think to yourself that just maybe there is a little bit of truth to some of the stories and characters as the situations feel so real. If you grew up in the 80's or 90's you will instantly appreciate the references liberally used throughout the book. Other reviewers have already said not to let your Mum read this book, but saying that I'm sure if you did, she would have a good chuckle about it too.
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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A book to make you laugh (and think a bit). 27 Sep 2012
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Took it with me on holiday - was laughing out loud on the plane even before i started drinking.

The books a bit different (and not that rude - but perhaps that says more about me than the book). One of the funniest books I 've read for a long time. Its also a good story, well-written. You certainly get a good feel for the main characters. I always have a soft spot for books set in places that I know (that's the north of England).

I would recommend it to most people (but perhaps not my mother).
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Funny and some!
I'm pretty sure I know most of the characters from this book in one form or another. This has to be on your reading list
Published 2 months ago by Nebby
1.0 out of 5 stars No relevance
The title had no relevance to the book and the book had no relevance period. It was a book of rambling
Published 3 months ago by kenseycat
4.0 out of 5 stars Woof
Took me awhile to think about it but I enjoyed it I am a pensioner & I had a good lagth with it
Published 5 months ago by iggo
4.0 out of 5 stars Very good
I love books about animals and this one fills the bill.
Thank you very much indeed, I am enjoying reading it
Published 5 months ago by wheels
4.0 out of 5 stars Bought as a pressie
My granddaughter enjoyed this very reasonable good read and enjoyed by all who read it passed around to all ages
Published 5 months ago by kath w
4.0 out of 5 stars A must read for any one that grew up with a different take on life
This book introduces you to four main characters, I'm not sure i liked any of them but related to all of them. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Flojo
5.0 out of 5 stars Woof Woof, barking mad and hilarious
Terrific first novel. The characters were tangible and we all know some of them and because of this it made the book all the funnier and certainly the more enjoyable. Read more
Published 6 months ago by A. J. Tainty
5.0 out of 5 stars None
Although this isn't my usual genre I have to say that I absolutely loved it. Really well written and made me laugh a lot! Hope there is a follow up :)
Published 6 months ago by i<3food
5.0 out of 5 stars Great characters, great book.
Brilliant read. I loved this book, the characters feel like real people to me and I'm interested to know how they develop through their lives. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Esme Weatherwax
2.0 out of 5 stars Meandering and somewhat pointless
Judging from the other reviews I am about to make myself a little unpopular, but I just don't see what other people have obviously seen. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Spirit of Karate
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