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Stories We Could Tell
Tony Parsons writes for the first time about his rock and roll years in a touching novel about friendship and growing up. This is the UK of the summer of 1977 - in the midst of the Silver Jubilee celebrations, a generation are trying to grow up and discovering the limits of freedom. It is 16th August 1977 - the night Elvis died - and for the heroes of STORIES WE COULD TELL, this night is where their adult lives begin. Terry has returned from Berlin glowing in the light of his friendship with ageing rock star Dag Wood, the only man to be booed off stage at Woodstock. But when Dag turns up in London, he sets his sights on a photographer called Misty, the young woman who Terry plans to have children with. Will Terry's relationship survive the night? Ray is the only writer on The Paper who refuses to cut his hair and stop wearing flares. He still believes in peace, love and the Beatles. But John Lennon is in town for one night, en route to Yoko and Japan, and Ray believes that if he can interview the reclusive Beatle, he can save his job. Can John Lennon really change a young man's life? And Leon has annoyed the group of fans you do not want to annoy - the Dagenham Dogs, a bunch of hooligans who follow a group called the Sewer Rats, who have just been given a right royal slagging by young Leon. Hiding out in a disco called the Goldmine, Leon meets the girl of his dreams. Will true love find Leon before the Dagenham Dogs?
309 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
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Tony Parsons
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Tony Parsons (born 6 November 1953) is a British journalist broadcaster and author. He began his career as a music journalist on the NME, writing about punk music. Later, he wrote for The Daily Telegraph, before going on to write his current column for the Daily Mirror. Parsons was for a time a regular guest on the BBC Two arts review programme The Late Show, and still appears infrequently on the successor Newsnight Review; he also briefly hosted a series on Channel 4 called Big Mouth.
He is the author of the multi-million selling novel, Man and Boy (1999). Parsons had written a number of novels including The Kids (1976), Platinum Logic (1981) and Limelight Blues (1983), before he found mainstream success by focussing on the tribulations of thirty-something men. Parsons has since published a series of best-selling novels – One For My Baby (2001), Man and Wife (2003), The Family Way (2004), Stories We Could Tell (2006), My Favourite Wife (2007), Starting Over (2009) and Men From the Boys (2010). His novels typically deal with relationship problems, emotional dramas and the traumas of men and women in our time. He describes his writing as 'Men Lit', as opposed to the rising popularity of 'Chick Lit'.
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Tony Parsons (born 6 November 1953) is a British journalist broadcaster and author. He began his career as a music journalist on the NME, writing about punk music. Later, he wrote for The Daily Telegraph, before going on to write his current column for the Daily Mirror. Parsons was for a time a regular guest on the BBC Two arts review programme The Late Show, and still appears infrequently on the successor Newsnight Review; he also briefly hosted a series on Channel 4 called Big Mouth.
He is the author of the multi-million selling novel, Man and Boy (1999). Parsons had written a number of novels including The Kids (1976), Platinum Logic (1981) and Limelight Blues (1983), before he found mainstream success by focussing on the tribulations of thirty-something men. Parsons has since published a series of best-selling novels – One For My Baby (2001), Man and Wife (2003), The Family Way (2004), Stories We Could Tell (2006), My Favourite Wife (2007), Starting Over (2009) and Men From the Boys (2010). His novels typically deal with relationship problems, emotional dramas and the traumas of men and women in our time. He describes his writing as 'Men Lit', as opposed to the rising popularity of 'Chick Lit'.
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November 23, 2008
Written to the standard Tony Parsons formula - disappointing.
I’m not sure why I keep reading Tony Parsons’ books. The two I’ve read in the past, Man and Boy and One For My Baby, haven’t impressed me at all. Part of the problem is that he only seems to do one set of characters: a younger generation struggling with relationships, middle-aged parents who’ve had it tough but who make-do-and-mend and don’t complain, and an elderly relative who dies during the course of the book. Throw in lots of musical references and a sporty car, give it a good stir, garnish with a happy ending, and you’ve got a Tony Parsons novel.
Pick up Stories We Could Tell and the opening chapters aren’t promising. Here are some youngsters grappling with relationships, some parents who’ve had it tough but who still get by, there’s music, and oh look, a nice car.
Yet this one has the potential to be different. For a start most of the action takes place in a 24 hour period (16 August 1977, the day Elvis Presley died). And it follows three characters, all of them journalists on a London-based music paper. It’s the height of the punk rock era and Britain seems poised on the brink of some sort of political precipice.
Each of the characters is grappling with a personal demon, for Ray it's not being able to live up to his dead brother, for Leon the success of his broadsheet columnist father, and for Terry it's his own feeling that his past life may have been better than his current one.
Parsons was, of course, a journalist on the NME in the 1970s, so this isn’t just write what you know, this is semi-autobiography. From that point of view you can’t help feeling that by fictionalising the story Parsons is pulling his punches and that he’d have been better writing this as non-fiction.
The main characters are well enough drawn that you manage to care about them for the duration of the book. Yet the bit-part players are little more than shadows. Overall what you get is a somewhat rose-tinted view of a difficult era. Some of the plotlines are rather too conveniently resolved and there are two and a half happy endings (yes, folks, another must-have ingredient of formula Parsons), though nobody (apart from Elvis) dies. Oh, and there’s one glaring historical inaccuracy that would have taken about 30 seconds research to nail.
It’s the formula that’s the problem here, because it has the effect of sanitising what might have been a great rock and roll novel. This is probably the best Tony Parsons yet – you just can’t escape the thought that it could have been so much better in the hands of another author.
I’m not sure why I keep reading Tony Parsons’ books. The two I’ve read in the past, Man and Boy and One For My Baby, haven’t impressed me at all. Part of the problem is that he only seems to do one set of characters: a younger generation struggling with relationships, middle-aged parents who’ve had it tough but who make-do-and-mend and don’t complain, and an elderly relative who dies during the course of the book. Throw in lots of musical references and a sporty car, give it a good stir, garnish with a happy ending, and you’ve got a Tony Parsons novel.
Pick up Stories We Could Tell and the opening chapters aren’t promising. Here are some youngsters grappling with relationships, some parents who’ve had it tough but who still get by, there’s music, and oh look, a nice car.
Yet this one has the potential to be different. For a start most of the action takes place in a 24 hour period (16 August 1977, the day Elvis Presley died). And it follows three characters, all of them journalists on a London-based music paper. It’s the height of the punk rock era and Britain seems poised on the brink of some sort of political precipice.
Each of the characters is grappling with a personal demon, for Ray it's not being able to live up to his dead brother, for Leon the success of his broadsheet columnist father, and for Terry it's his own feeling that his past life may have been better than his current one.
Parsons was, of course, a journalist on the NME in the 1970s, so this isn’t just write what you know, this is semi-autobiography. From that point of view you can’t help feeling that by fictionalising the story Parsons is pulling his punches and that he’d have been better writing this as non-fiction.
The main characters are well enough drawn that you manage to care about them for the duration of the book. Yet the bit-part players are little more than shadows. Overall what you get is a somewhat rose-tinted view of a difficult era. Some of the plotlines are rather too conveniently resolved and there are two and a half happy endings (yes, folks, another must-have ingredient of formula Parsons), though nobody (apart from Elvis) dies. Oh, and there’s one glaring historical inaccuracy that would have taken about 30 seconds research to nail.
It’s the formula that’s the problem here, because it has the effect of sanitising what might have been a great rock and roll novel. This is probably the best Tony Parsons yet – you just can’t escape the thought that it could have been so much better in the hands of another author.
November 29, 2018
I really enjoyed this .... it’s set the day Elvis dies in 1977 and the whole book is just about the one night ... I really liked that idea ... it’s also pretty much how I remember 1977 on TV with the racism .. it’s pretty shocking to read it now but it’s true !!! Also if you are into 1970s music there is a lot of reference to it .
July 24, 2025
Eindelijk klaar met dit boek.
July 19, 2019
Pratili su me Ray, Terry, Leon, Skip i ostali u noćnim satima jako dugo, mjesecima. Uspavljivali ili nervirali, zabavljali i rastuživali. Ostat će mi ta neka sjeta nalik paučini, ali vrijeme će je dezintegrirati, a poslije će se zadržati misao o srodnosti s glazbom, kao u drugim Parsonsovim djelima.
May 2, 2013
I found this book really infeasible and in the end was just willing it to be over. Set over the course of one improbably long night the story follows the exploits of three young characters, Ray, Terry and Leon. However, it may as well have been set over the course of a week or more (as that much was unrealistically crammed in) with just one generic young male character (as the three were practically indistinguishable.
I think that Tony Parsons really conveyed the excitement of the time with the changing face of music and the different so called 'tribes' springing up at the time and also really evoked the enthusiasm that the journalists had for their work. However, there was so much going on this book but no real depth. By the time I got 3/4 of the way through I really didn't care if Ray/Terry/Leon (can't remember which!) got the interview with John Lennon or not. It also felt slightly ridiculous that all three main characters viewed themselves as washed up, the oldest one being around 20. This would be OK if it was done with a sense of irony but the sense of despair seemed genuine and doors really did seem to close for all three, which was a bit depressing.
This book felt like it was written by a talented adolescent boy imagining a really exciting night - both highs and lows. I'm sure this is fairly autobiographical as Tony Parsons was a music journalist at around this time. However, I really hope the happy parts of his life didn't end at the age of 20!
For an amusing "digested read" have a look at this - complete summary of the book, so don't read if you don't want to be spoilt! http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2005/...
I think that Tony Parsons really conveyed the excitement of the time with the changing face of music and the different so called 'tribes' springing up at the time and also really evoked the enthusiasm that the journalists had for their work. However, there was so much going on this book but no real depth. By the time I got 3/4 of the way through I really didn't care if Ray/Terry/Leon (can't remember which!) got the interview with John Lennon or not. It also felt slightly ridiculous that all three main characters viewed themselves as washed up, the oldest one being around 20. This would be OK if it was done with a sense of irony but the sense of despair seemed genuine and doors really did seem to close for all three, which was a bit depressing.
This book felt like it was written by a talented adolescent boy imagining a really exciting night - both highs and lows. I'm sure this is fairly autobiographical as Tony Parsons was a music journalist at around this time. However, I really hope the happy parts of his life didn't end at the age of 20!
For an amusing "digested read" have a look at this - complete summary of the book, so don't read if you don't want to be spoilt! http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2005/...
January 9, 2024
Took me long time to read this book leant to me by my boss ! When I picked it up the 2nd time I read it non stop and did enjoy it ! However this book is about his experiences as well .. there’s a lot of draw on his own experience here ! The music journalism, family , culture ! There are pseudonyms for actual musicians and real characters that actually existed and also for venues !! Three music journalists on a night in 77 the day elvis died discovering themselves ! Although just a couple years before my time I recognise the cultural references and signifiers ! Not bad albeit a bit lazy 😀
December 25, 2024
Ovo je prva knjiga od Parsonsa koju sam pročitao. Na momente djetinjasta, na momente iritantna ali sve u svemu jedna jako solidna knjiga o filozofiji života. Koliko god meni bio iritantan taj vajb "generacije bez budućnosti" svi mi se možemo na momente prepoznati u pojedinim likovima.
June 21, 2025
A fun, credible tale of three young music journalists in London in the late Seventies. Sex, drugs and rock’n’roll are a large part of it, but so are youth, growth, love and journalism.
I was young and living in London myself at that time, and I too was passionate about music (and would have jumped at the chance of writing about it), so a lot of it rings true. And since Tony Parsons started his career as a music journalist at the NME, he didn’t have to fake verisimilitude.
I was young and living in London myself at that time, and I too was passionate about music (and would have jumped at the chance of writing about it), so a lot of it rings true. And since Tony Parsons started his career as a music journalist at the NME, he didn’t have to fake verisimilitude.
April 17, 2012
This has been out for a long time and sonia put me off as she said it was shite.
It isn't. It is easy to read and not challenging and would have made a good holiday book.
Parson is obviously revisiting his own youth, which implies a lack of material.
This is about three journalists working for the leading music paper, all set on one night in london. The night Elvis dies.
Terry thinks he is losing his girl to the rock star dag wood, who you feel is based on iggy pop. All other references to pop stars are genuine and it has prompted me to look into some classic albums.
Ray needs to get the interview with John Lennon to save his career, which he does.
Leon is pursued by a gang of skin heads called the dagenham dogs.
Everything trundles along, much as you would expect and its all fast paced stuff. Some great parsons lines, such as "her family rode horses, my family bet on them".
The only complaint I would have is how small Parsons paints london. Every body, including the omipresent bad gangs, bump into each other with alarming regularity.
A good, easy read and more enjoyable than his more recent novels.
It isn't. It is easy to read and not challenging and would have made a good holiday book.
Parson is obviously revisiting his own youth, which implies a lack of material.
This is about three journalists working for the leading music paper, all set on one night in london. The night Elvis dies.
Terry thinks he is losing his girl to the rock star dag wood, who you feel is based on iggy pop. All other references to pop stars are genuine and it has prompted me to look into some classic albums.
Ray needs to get the interview with John Lennon to save his career, which he does.
Leon is pursued by a gang of skin heads called the dagenham dogs.
Everything trundles along, much as you would expect and its all fast paced stuff. Some great parsons lines, such as "her family rode horses, my family bet on them".
The only complaint I would have is how small Parsons paints london. Every body, including the omipresent bad gangs, bump into each other with alarming regularity.
A good, easy read and more enjoyable than his more recent novels.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 13, 2009
Set over one long night in 1977 (the night Elvis died), this coming-of-age tale is set against the backdrop of punk, the music press, drugs and civil unrest. It follows three friends, who work for The Paper and their trials and tribulations - Terry, who is in awe of a fading rock star and in love with the girl of his dreams; Ray, who seems out of step with new music and must interview John Lennon to keep his job and Leon, an aspiring radical who discovers true love and disco, then loses his job and ends up back with his rich parents. This takes a long time to get going (Parson goes into great detail about stuff that isn’t mentioned again) and even longer to finish (the wind-down just takes forever), but overall it’s not a bad read. I was too young to remember much about the time period, but the love of music and friends and girls is universal and it did touch several chords (no pun intended) with me. Not a patch on “Man And Boy”, but worth a look all the same.
December 21, 2010
A really good book especially if you are very much into music as you get a behind the scenes look at the lifestyle of the stars and the people on a music paper who write about them covering many key events in recent musical history.
The ending was a little bit of a letdown as in my mind none of the main protaganists stories was finally completed, i was left with the sense that Terry was not COMPLETELY happy being with Misty and that he was staying with her because she was expecting, Leon just gave up his radical, political lifestyle and moved back in with his parents which was not the way the character was really written and Ray ended up going to the USA to work so it was unsatisfactory that such close friends totally lost touch with each other and were not fully satisfied with the path their lives took.
The ending was a little bit of a letdown as in my mind none of the main protaganists stories was finally completed, i was left with the sense that Terry was not COMPLETELY happy being with Misty and that he was staying with her because she was expecting, Leon just gave up his radical, political lifestyle and moved back in with his parents which was not the way the character was really written and Ray ended up going to the USA to work so it was unsatisfactory that such close friends totally lost touch with each other and were not fully satisfied with the path their lives took.
February 3, 2011
The book is about some young music paper journalists who are following their passion. Along the way they discover new paths as the life unfolds before them.
Although I don't have any background whatsoever on British life on late 70s, i think the writer captured the changing times in a most simplest way. But I was a bit frustrated/sorry that the characters thought they don't have anything left when they are so young. And to me it felt like they surrendered a bit too early.
I can go ahead and call this book a dystopia as the characters went back to their parents' comfort zones rather easily except one of them whose success rely on pure luck (that by the way felt like a bit deux ex machina). It was as if the author was trying too hard to prove his point: you cannot change the world and you will always become your parents unless you are lucky.
Overall I like the book.
Although I don't have any background whatsoever on British life on late 70s, i think the writer captured the changing times in a most simplest way. But I was a bit frustrated/sorry that the characters thought they don't have anything left when they are so young. And to me it felt like they surrendered a bit too early.
I can go ahead and call this book a dystopia as the characters went back to their parents' comfort zones rather easily except one of them whose success rely on pure luck (that by the way felt like a bit deux ex machina). It was as if the author was trying too hard to prove his point: you cannot change the world and you will always become your parents unless you are lucky.
Overall I like the book.
February 12, 2014
This has been on my shelf for some while. I think I have found Parsons too sentimental in the past, but I thoroughly enjoyed this one. Set in the day when I was still a teenager, I wallowed in the nostalgia. This novel was rammed with period details - even gonks (and yes, my niece didn't have a clue what I was talking about).
I loved the reminders of my youth, and am glad to say my memories have more of a rosy glow than the punk-glamour of drugs and violence that Parsons evokes.
But it brought back how important music was for me then, both as a companion and something to identify with. And yes, I do remember how I felt my life was over, having met the one (and where is he now?). Funny, sharp, sad, and beautifully overlaid with the benefit of hindsight from a middle-aged man looking back on his glory years.
I loved the reminders of my youth, and am glad to say my memories have more of a rosy glow than the punk-glamour of drugs and violence that Parsons evokes.
But it brought back how important music was for me then, both as a companion and something to identify with. And yes, I do remember how I felt my life was over, having met the one (and where is he now?). Funny, sharp, sad, and beautifully overlaid with the benefit of hindsight from a middle-aged man looking back on his glory years.
April 4, 2023
Drei junge Musikjournalisten ziehen in der Nacht, in der Elvis stirbt, durch London und werden mit der Vergänglichkeit von Jugend und Rock'n'Roll konfrontiert. Über weite Strecken liest sich das Buch wie eine (gut konstruierte) Fanfiction, aber zwischen den Namedrops irgendwelcher Musikgrößen und Schilderungen von Drogen- und Sexeskapaden finden sich immerhin einige ehrliche Sätze über Authentizität, Klasse und Idealismus.
October 3, 2012
You're ought to appreciate a novel, which plot takes place on the exact day (and night) when you were born, but it's all the easier when it's such a damn good one. Everyone with an interest in the culture of pop music should check out this story of three young music writers on different trips and missions on one special night in London, while trying to grow up in their own ways.
February 8, 2018
I really wanted to like this book but I failed to connect with it throughout the whole story. On balance, a wild night in 1977 set against the swirling, tribal excitement of music on the night when Elvis died, should be brilliant but it really suffers from problems with the three central characters. They are journalists working for 'The Paper' (imagine the NME and Melody Maker) and are all in their late teens and early 20s, this lends them a level of self obsession found only in young people of that age. Having three leads means that we never really get to know any of them enough to feel anything for them. I honestly did not care any more about their outcomes when I finished the book than before I picked it up. In fact some of the most emotive writing in the book is a tiny plot line concerning Skip (the 25 year old 'elderly statesman' of The Paper).
This clearly has autobiographical elements, with Terry being a clear cipher for Tony Parsons himself and, presumably, his marriage to Julie Burchill reflecting Terry's relationship with Misty. It's quite self indulgent, especially Terry's world weariness at the state of the 'new music' which is quite affected as these are kids, after all.
I think this would make a fantastic miniseries, and I think I'd probably have enjoyed it more as a TV series than as a book, which is never the case.
This clearly has autobiographical elements, with Terry being a clear cipher for Tony Parsons himself and, presumably, his marriage to Julie Burchill reflecting Terry's relationship with Misty. It's quite self indulgent, especially Terry's world weariness at the state of the 'new music' which is quite affected as these are kids, after all.
I think this would make a fantastic miniseries, and I think I'd probably have enjoyed it more as a TV series than as a book, which is never the case.
October 30, 2021
Comfort reading for former '70s teenagers - might appeal to some others too I suppose. Coming of age in the year punk became mainstream, with the main characters all working on a music paper, as Tony P legendarily did as a young teen, co-enfant terrible with Julie Burchill on the NME. It's deeply sentimental, and enjoyable as such if you're up for it. Pretty decently crafted - you care about the characters, with all their youthful vulnerability and intense feelings. Making up imaginary stars is always a bit awkward (I would think) - Parsons mixes real and made-up ones, taking care to namecheck the real ones at various points to underscore that Dag Wood isn't Iggy Pop and Billy Blitzen isn't Johnny Thunders. He tries to pack a bit too much into the final chapter in the way of destinies, morals, social comment, foreshadowing of history and so on, but, as Barry Norman would say, why not? I'd watch the movie.
March 30, 2020
Ova knjiga je po mnogo čemu nostalgična i lijepa. U drugu ruku, vrlo brzo se možete izgubiti i pažnju vam može ukrasti nešto drugo. Uvijek uživam u Parsonsovim knjigama i mislim da će uvijek biti tako bez obzira koliko one loše bile. Ima nešto u njegovom stilu pisanja što me čini sretnim. Ova knjiga nije loša, daleko od toga, ali mislim da bi bolje sjela nekom ko je stariji i ko ima više zanimanja za muziku 70-ih. Sve u svemu, mnogo lijepih rečenica, zanimljivih opisa i jedan veliki omaž životu pisca i tog vremena. Pročitajte ovu knjigu ako volite muziku tog vremena, jer je ima mnogo na dosta načina u ovoj knjizi i ako volite Parsonsa.
January 26, 2018
Having read a few books by this writer I had wrongly assumed this would be a well-written book about family and the woven relationships within them. Turns out to be a story of young people in 1977 with a love for the new music who all work for a music paper.
The characters and fun, young and likeable, their stories well written. They overlap well and build to an action-packed night late in the story. It was cool to hear about the music styles from the year after I was born and how some of the young felt then. Well worth a read.
The characters and fun, young and likeable, their stories well written. They overlap well and build to an action-packed night late in the story. It was cool to hear about the music styles from the year after I was born and how some of the young felt then. Well worth a read.
June 26, 2020
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. Set over a couple of days in 1977, it is the story of some young music review journos that work for The Paper, in England. It is about the relationships they have with each other and how their lives look to be heading as the 80's approach. Ray is tasked with finding and interviewing John Lennon, or he will be sacked....and he only has one night to find him. The same night that Elvis is found dead. A good, easy read with sex, drugs and rock'n'roll.
January 25, 2021
Set at a time I was about to become 17, the day before in fact, this book appealed to me in many ways... while i was never a journalist or into drugs this was a time in my life when music was the most important thing. My love of the Clash fitting in with my political views. The way Disco ia described though seems a bit too defined as if someone has seen "Saturday Night Fever" and I'm not sure Debbie Harry and Kid Creole were known at the time. Still even if timelines have been played with this is a good book which I read in a day. Really a coming of age drama.
May 22, 2024
Tony Parsons, as a music journalist at the time of this book's action, is likely to be on solid ground here and the background scene-setting is often good, conveying the turmoil of mode-changing music, drugs and racism. However, there are weaknesses in the solidity of many characters, a rather unfeasible single night timescale for the book and Parson's constant desire for a happy ending for his (always youthful) characters. In some ways I think I might have preferred to read a narrative of his own experiences of that time.
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April 25, 2020
I enjoyed this. I enjoyed the rather contrived story and the shoehorning of every landmark in London into the narrative. I especially enjoyed the music references and the descriptions of rock stars young and old. I enjoyed the occasional British cultural reference - always nice to read whilst in the USA. Read it as a ‘beach book’ or if you were there in the sweaty pubs and clubs on London in the Summers of 1976 & 1977.
September 27, 2020
After reading One For My Baby, I was expecting more from this book. Unfortunately, it didn’t have the same impact on me. I don’t really have an appreciation for the Sex Pistols, but for a bunch of housing commission louts that made it big on the world stage, I’ll give it a go. Just line Johnny Rotten there is a message that hits you whether you want it or not. Anyway, the book has been read and the trip down memory lane has been had. Just a pity I don’t have memories of 70s British punk.
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September 6, 2020Light, funny and very perceptive especially about class , music and self identity. Family, relationships and growing up. Learning our place in the world and how some we se as heroes are just as human and fallible as our selves. An easy read delightful and entertaining as well as meaningful . I t was a nostalgic read for me and I really was touched by it .
March 29, 2025
The author is an insightful writer, but the theme of the book, for me, was completely irrelevant. Anyone familiar with the British/ London music scene and journalism in the punk era would probably thoroughly enjoy it, but for me it was a detached read. I'm disappointed as I've enjoyed several of Tony Parson's other books.
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July 22, 2020
Sex, drugs, rock and roll, not my scene, this book wasn't for me. Chapter 12 started 'The night was almost over' which exactly summed up the book for me. Although that said from Chapter 12 to the end I enjoyed the book more.
Quite different to other Tony Parsons books I have read, this one didn't do it for me.
Quite different to other Tony Parsons books I have read, this one didn't do it for me.
November 27, 2021
3 stars mainly because I feel like I couldn’t appreciate it in his whole as I’m not that knowledgeable on 1950/60/70s music and London life of these years.
Overall, the three main stories interlace very seamlessly and the narrative picks up after the first 40 pages.
Overall, the three main stories interlace very seamlessly and the narrative picks up after the first 40 pages.
October 10, 2023
Overall it was good, I liked the atmosphere the book created of that time period. I found each of the 3 main characters likable and was rooting for them. It got a bit repetitive and slow moving at times but I enjoyed it!
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