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Give the Anarchist a Cigarette
Mick Farren
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Description for Give the Anarchist a Cigarette
Paperback. With a commitment to the tradition of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, this title recounts a rollercoaster odyssey from early beatnik adventures in Ladbroke Grove, through the flowering hippies to the snarl of punk. It focuses on the author's career in the underground, as the man on the door at the UFO club, driving spirit at IT and, lead singer. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BGFA; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 143 x 32. Weight in Grams: 308.
Through a long and chequered career, Mick Farren has functioned as a writer, poet, rock star, recording artist, rabble-rouser, critic and commentator, and even won a protracted obscenity trial at the Old Bailey. After resisting the idea for a long time, he has finally written his own highly personal and insightful account of the British counterculture in the 1960s and '70s, from the perspective of one who was right there in the thick of it. With a continuing and unashamed commitment to the tradition of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, he recounts a rollercoaster odyssey - sometimes violent ... Read more
Through a long and chequered career, Mick Farren has functioned as a writer, poet, rock star, recording artist, rabble-rouser, critic and commentator, and even won a protracted obscenity trial at the Old Bailey. After resisting the idea for a long time, he has finally written his own highly personal and insightful account of the British counterculture in the 1960s and '70s, from the perspective of one who was right there in the thick of it. With a continuing and unashamed commitment to the tradition of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, he recounts a rollercoaster odyssey - sometimes violent ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pimlico
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780712667326
SKU
V9780712667326
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About Mick Farren
Now in his early fifties, Mick Farren currently lives in Los Angeles. With some twenty books to his credit, plus a number of film and TV scripts and a wealth of journalism, his written output remains prodigious. He also still records and performs, and a recent tour of Japan with his band, the Deviants, culminated in the live ... Read more
Reviews for Give the Anarchist a Cigarette
Farren’s full immersion in 60s/70s UK counterculture bridges beatniks to bollocks with a gleeful jaundice. Full of anecdote and wit.
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