Author: Gordon Burn
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571266991
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Spring 2001, and the countryside of the North East of England resembles Fitzgerald's 'valley of ashes': the air is choked with the stench and smoke of the pyres which are burning in an attempt to contain the epidemic of foot and mouth disease. After forty years away, Ray Cruddas, a comedian with a national, considerably faded reputation, has returned to the North East to live. He has a new wife, a new club and a house close to a stand of trees which has haunted him from childhood. But he still believes he is living life at one remove, through the more vibrant, seemingly less complex and conflicted person of Jackie Mabe, the former boxer who, in his capacity as driver, drinking partner and gofer, has always stood between Ray Cruddas and the world. Jackie Mabe performed this role once before: for Jack Solomons, known as 'Jolly Jack' and 'the potentate', who ruled British boxing in the decades before and after the War. Along with the Victorian painter Ralph Hedley, the Geordie comic Bobby Thompson, and Margaret Thatcher's director of communications Gordon Reece, Solomons is among the many real life figures who populate this extraordinary blend of fact and fiction. The North of England Home Service, like Gordon Burn's earlier novels, reanimates and reinvents popular culture, making unexpected connections and salvaging something palpable from the evanescent spectacle of contemporary life.
The North of England Home Service
Author: Gordon Burn
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571266991
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Spring 2001, and the countryside of the North East of England resembles Fitzgerald's 'valley of ashes': the air is choked with the stench and smoke of the pyres which are burning in an attempt to contain the epidemic of foot and mouth disease. After forty years away, Ray Cruddas, a comedian with a national, considerably faded reputation, has returned to the North East to live. He has a new wife, a new club and a house close to a stand of trees which has haunted him from childhood. But he still believes he is living life at one remove, through the more vibrant, seemingly less complex and conflicted person of Jackie Mabe, the former boxer who, in his capacity as driver, drinking partner and gofer, has always stood between Ray Cruddas and the world. Jackie Mabe performed this role once before: for Jack Solomons, known as 'Jolly Jack' and 'the potentate', who ruled British boxing in the decades before and after the War. Along with the Victorian painter Ralph Hedley, the Geordie comic Bobby Thompson, and Margaret Thatcher's director of communications Gordon Reece, Solomons is among the many real life figures who populate this extraordinary blend of fact and fiction. The North of England Home Service, like Gordon Burn's earlier novels, reanimates and reinvents popular culture, making unexpected connections and salvaging something palpable from the evanescent spectacle of contemporary life.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571266991
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Spring 2001, and the countryside of the North East of England resembles Fitzgerald's 'valley of ashes': the air is choked with the stench and smoke of the pyres which are burning in an attempt to contain the epidemic of foot and mouth disease. After forty years away, Ray Cruddas, a comedian with a national, considerably faded reputation, has returned to the North East to live. He has a new wife, a new club and a house close to a stand of trees which has haunted him from childhood. But he still believes he is living life at one remove, through the more vibrant, seemingly less complex and conflicted person of Jackie Mabe, the former boxer who, in his capacity as driver, drinking partner and gofer, has always stood between Ray Cruddas and the world. Jackie Mabe performed this role once before: for Jack Solomons, known as 'Jolly Jack' and 'the potentate', who ruled British boxing in the decades before and after the War. Along with the Victorian painter Ralph Hedley, the Geordie comic Bobby Thompson, and Margaret Thatcher's director of communications Gordon Reece, Solomons is among the many real life figures who populate this extraordinary blend of fact and fiction. The North of England Home Service, like Gordon Burn's earlier novels, reanimates and reinvents popular culture, making unexpected connections and salvaging something palpable from the evanescent spectacle of contemporary life.
International Reference Service
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1242
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1242
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New Age
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Category : Gerontology
Languages : en
Pages : 560
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Category : Gerontology
Languages : en
Pages : 560
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Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1184
Book Description
Contains the 4th session of the 28th Parliament through the session of the Parliament.
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1184
Book Description
Contains the 4th session of the 28th Parliament through the session of the Parliament.
Journal of the Royal United Service Institution
Author: Royal United Service Institution
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Languages : en
Pages : 734
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Languages : en
Pages : 734
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British Medical Journal
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 816
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 816
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World Trade Information Service
Author: United States. Bureau of Foreign Commerce
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Category : Public utilities
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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Category : Public utilities
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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The North British Review
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 638
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 638
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The Armed Forces Covenant in action? Part 1: Military casualties
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215039996
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
The Government must show how the excellent medical care being delivered to injured service personnel will continue long after the memory of the Afghan Operation fades. This report, which gives praise to the first class medical treatment provided for the Armed Forces, questions whether the support for injured personnel will be sustainable over the long term. In particular, the committee is concerned about the number of people who may go on to develop severe and life-limiting, physical, mental health, alcohol or neurological problems. There is still a question mark over whether the Government as a whole fully understands the likely future demands and related costs
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215039996
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
The Government must show how the excellent medical care being delivered to injured service personnel will continue long after the memory of the Afghan Operation fades. This report, which gives praise to the first class medical treatment provided for the Armed Forces, questions whether the support for injured personnel will be sustainable over the long term. In particular, the committee is concerned about the number of people who may go on to develop severe and life-limiting, physical, mental health, alcohol or neurological problems. There is still a question mark over whether the Government as a whole fully understands the likely future demands and related costs
Regional Identities in North-East England, 1300-2000
Author: Adrian Gareth Green
Publisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 9781843833352
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Is North East England really a coherent and self-conscious region? The essays collected here address this topical issue, from the middle ages to the present day.
Publisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 9781843833352
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Is North East England really a coherent and self-conscious region? The essays collected here address this topical issue, from the middle ages to the present day.