The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness: A Memoir
LGBTQ+ (biographies), Journaux personnels et mémoires
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Résumé
An enthralling emotional memoir that recounts the ups and downs of coming-of-age set against the music and literature of the 1970s Raised in a small town in the north of England known primarily for its cotton mills … football team and its deep roots in the Respectable Working Class Graham Caveney armed himself against the confusing nature of adolescence with a thick accent a copy of Kafka and a record collection including the likes of the Buzzcocks and Joy Division All three provided him the opportunity to escape even if just in mind beyond his small-town borders But when those passions are noticed and preyed upon by a mentor everything changes Now as an adult Caveney attempts to reconcile his past and present coming to grips with both the challenges and wonder of adolescence music and literature By turns angry despairing beautifully written shockingly funny and ultimately redemptive The Boy with Perpetual Nervousness is a tribute to the power of the arts and a startling original memoir that feels as if it had to be written and demands to be read The Guardian UK