Damian Barr: Maggie & Me | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781408838099 | Maggie & Me | Damian Barr | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert

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Beschreibung

A unique, tender and witty memoir of surviving the tough streets of small town Scotland during the Margaret Thatcher years
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'Shocking and funny in equal measure, and will have you weeping with laughter and sorrow' Independent on Sunday

'A work of stealthy genius' Maggie O'Farrell

'Certain memoirs catch a moment and seem to define it, bottle it ... hugely entertaining' Sunday Times

It's 12 October 1984. An IRA bomb blows apart the Grand Hotel in Brighton. Miraculously, Margaret Thatcher survives. In small-town Scotland, eight-year-old Damian Barr watches in horror as his mum rips her wedding ring off and packs their bags. He knows he, too, must survive.

Damian, his sister and his Catholic mum move in with her sinister new boyfriend while his Protestant dad shacks up with the glamorous Mary the Canary. Divided by sectarian suspicion, the community is held together by the sprawling Ravenscraig Steelworks. But darkness threatens as Maggie takes hold: she snatches school milk, smashes the unions and makes greed good. Following Maggie's advice, Damian works hard and plans his escape. He discovers that stories can save your life and - in spite of violence, strikes, AIDS and Clause 28 - manages to fall in love dancing to Madonna in Glasgow's only gay club.

Maggie & Me is a touching and darkly witty memoir about surviving Thatcher's Britain; a story of growing up gay in a straight world and coming out the other side in spite of, and maybe because of, the iron lady.

Damian Barr's critically acclaimed debut novel, YOU WILL BE SAFE HERE, also available now.

Über den Autor

Damian Barr has been a journalist for over ten years writing mostly for The Times but also the Independent, Telegraph, Financial Times, Guardian, Evening Standard and Granta. He is the author of Get It Together: A Guide to Surviving Your Quarterlife Crisis, featured on Richard & Judy, and has co-written two plays for BBC Radio 4. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Faculty at the School of Life and host of the infamous Literary Salon at Shoreditch House. Damian Barr was named Writer of the Year at the 2013 Stonewall Awards. He lives in Brighton.

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Zusammenfassung

A book that takes a radically different look at the enduring fascination of Thatcher and the policies of her government, Maggie and Me was rapturously received by journalists and other writers alike

Genre:	Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781408838099
ISBN-10:	1408838095
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Barr, Damian
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße:	198 x 128 x 20 mm
Von/Mit:	Damian Barr
Erscheinungsdatum:	27.03.2014
Gewicht:	0,193 kg

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