Best described as a comic novel with serious bits, this epic yarn chronicles the extraordinary odyssey of Frank and Alice as they take a trip back in time to rediscover THE SIXTIES, seeking salvation for a rocky marriage in a quest to exorcise lingering demons and find the man our hero once was before success as a pulp novelist turned him into a prat.
It is a tale of mayhem and misadventure, of floppy hats and wide shouldered fur coats, of London, Liverpool, Yggos Odlid and stormy hotel rooftops, of lost youth and rediscovered love. But what has Ulysses got to do with it? Was it really President Kennedy who provided the impetus for Man to reach the moon or was it, in truth, the Women's Liberation Movement? Is Billy Sheers really dead or just keeping his head down?
And why is this action packed, fun-filled excuse for a purgative wallow in Golden Age nostalgia set in 1980 rather than in some other yesterday or another stupid bloody Tuesday yet to come.
There's only one way to find out…
Details
- Publication Date
- Sep 19, 2005
- Language
- English
- Category
- Fiction
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): Anthony David
Specifications
- Pages
- 353
- Binding Type
- Paperback Perfect Bound
- Interior Color
- Black & White
- Dimensions
- US Trade (6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm)