The Reservation
Published on 1. May 2017
186 pages
978-1-909109-38-4 (ISBN)
Description
The Reservation was the nickname coined by some of the local inhabitants of a sprawling council estate in the south of England, not because of the green space that surrounded it, but more the variety of human animals that were growing up there at the time. This astonishingly candid memoir reveals Martin Montague's underclass life of his childhood and an extraordinary array of characters that he grew up with. This coming of age book really paints a picture of countless scrapes and the often unbelievable situations they found themselves in as they grew up experimenting with pints of vile home-made gut wrench, spliffs and their longing to be part of the rave scene. Forget Shameless, in The Reservation fact is even funnier than fiction. Rave on...
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The Reservation
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05/2017
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Martin Montague is an entrepreneur. He owns a successful internet company and a range of other businesses and was a semi-finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year. He lives in Hampshire with his wife Kathryn.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Prologue
- Chapter One: Burning Summers
- Chapter Two: The Lines
- Chapter Three: Poverty
- Chapter Four: A Leap of Faith
- Chapter Five: Port Road
- Chapter Six: Sweet Sixteen
- Chapter Seven: A Right Mess
- Chapter Eight: Killing Time
- Chapter Nine: What Highway Code?
- Chapter Ten: Young Gangsters
- Chapter Eleven: The House on the Hill
- Chapter Twelve: Hot Knives
- Chapter Thirteen: The Tripper
- Chapter Fourteen: The End of an Era
- Epilogue
- Plates
- Copyright
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