Ten-hole Boots and Shellsuits
GARY ROBERTSON(Author)
Black and White Publishing
Published on 31. December 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-84502-361-4 (ISBN)
Description
In "Ten-Hole Boots and Shellsuits", we pick up where Robertson's last book "Skeem Life" left off. The year is 1980 and he begins the decade as a young punk rocker full of rebellion and attitude. It is a time of mass unemployment, strikes, riots and Maggie Thatcher's despised government. We follow humorous episodes at High School, family holidays to Majorca and the changing cultures of fashion, music and the birth of the 'Space Invaders' age. We move through the years and follow his progress trying to find work, becoming a fitness fanatic and the home gym where he turned into 'Bruce Lee'. The tales come thick and fast as Robertson embarks on foreign holidays with his mates and discovers the art of binge drinking with disastrous results. This is the next hilarious installment of retro memories, a real coming of age story which those of a certain age will instantly relate to and for all others will simply be - a damn good read.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bonnier Books Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84502-361-4 (9781845023614)
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Person
Gary Robertson was born in Dundee in 1967 and has lived and worked in the city all of his life. A self-confessed fitness fanatic, his interest in writing began shortly after winning the hit BBC 2 reality TV series 'SAS Are You Tough Enough?' Much of his writing to date is a celebration of the culture he has grown up in with books such as Gangs of Dundee, Pure Dundee and What's It All About Ralphie? He has also written a very successful and hilarious play called The Berries and was recently chosen to be an ambassador for his hometown. He is married to Sue and they have two children, Cailean and Eilidh.