To be Someone

The swinging sixties. They say if you can remember them, you weren't there. A new generation of fashion-conscious, pill-popping teenagers emerged. Jimmy was there and he can remember the sixties - because he spent most of them behind bars. To Be Someone is Jimmy's story. He was no different from any other 18-year-old from 1964; he lives for the good times. Life was one big laugh - but the difference was that Jimmy had more than his fair share of bad luck. In this amusing cult novel, we hear how he goes from a very cocky, happy and sometimes confused teenager to a scooter-wrecking, car-taking, drug-dealing, cocaine-smuggling phoney gangster. Jimmy's met all them good guys, bad guys, gangsters, psychos, weirdos and even ghosts and ghouls. To say he's had an interesting life is an understatement. A rough, early version of the story was sent to Pete Townshend by Stevenage author Peter Meadows. Pete gave permission for the story to be based on Jimmy, the character from his 1972 best-selling album Quadrophenia. British film producer and director, Ray Burdis is currently advising and helping to adapt the story for the 'big screen' and possibly even a mini TV series.
Inspired by Quadrophenia (c) Pete Townshend, Eel Pie Publishing Limited, published by permission.