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Gloucester Crescent: Me, my dad & other grown-ups

$23.00

Gloucester Crescent: Me, my dad & other grown-ups

SKU: 9781788160377 Category: Product ID: 9954

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Title: Gloucester Crescent: Me, my dad & other grown-ups
Author: MILLER WILLIAM
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 05/08/2019
Imprint: PROFILE BOOKS (UK)
Price: $23.00
Publishing status: Active

“Gloucester Crescent is a curving, leafy street, tucked between Camden Town and Primrose Hill. It’s unremarkable in many ways, unless you notice the lady in the van, and the familiar-looking residents crossing the road …

This is the story of the Miller family and their circle of brilliant, idealistic and intellectual friends in London in the 60s, 70s and 80s. We follow William through the ups and downs of childhood, as he explores the homes of his famous neighbours, attends dramatic rehearsals with his dad Jonathan Miller, gets drugs and advice from the philosopher A. J. Ayer’s wife, and tries to watch the moon landing with Alan Bennett and a room full of writers. Hilarious, and at times heartbreaking, this is also about how we grow up and move on – and what happens when we come back.

Not only a picture of an extraordinary time in Britain’s cultural history – and a hitherto unseen portrait of some of the brightest minds of a generation – this book tells the funny, tender and moving story of a young boy trying to carve out his own identity.”

ISBN: 9781788160377
Dimension: 198mm X 129mm

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Dimensions 198 × 129 mm