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Temporarily out of stock
Title: Kinks, The: Songs of the semi-detached
Author: DOYLE MARK
Illustrator: 40 BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/04/2020
Imprint: REAKTION
Price: $25.00
Publishing status: Active
An illuminating study of the relationship between the Kinks and their city, London. Of all the great British bands to emerge from the 1960s, none had a stronger sense of place than the Kinks. Often described as the archetypal English band, they were above all a quintessentially working-class band with a deep attachment to London. Mark Doyle examines the relationship between the Kinks and their city, from their early songs of teenage rebellion to their album-length works of social criticism. He finds fascinating and sometimes surprising connections with figures as diverse as Edmund Burke, John Clare and Charles Dickens. More than just a book about the Kinks, this is a book about a social class undergoing a series of profound changes, and about a group of young men who found a way to describe, lament and occasionally even celebrate those changes through song.
Series: Reverb
ISBN: 9781789142303
Dimension: 210mm X 148mm