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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Max DécharnéPublisher: Profile Books Ltd Imprint: Profile Books Ltd Edition: Main Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.560kg ISBN: 9781846689789ISBN 10: 1846689783 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 25 January 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsA joyous celebration of the founding fathers of British youth culture, and a great slice of social and cultural history -- Alwyn Turner Praise for Max Décharné -- : Décharné writes attentively and with authority about the ping-ponging of scenester phrases between genres, and from closed circles of cognoscenti to the wider world * TLS * Décharné, a musician and songwriter, has written extensively on music, crime and noir, and his great gift is to connect his encyclopaedic knowledge of more recent slang to that of the past. His mind is a trivia-trap of the first order * New York Times * The strength of Mr. Décharné's account is its zest ... he has an infectious enthusiasm for the peculiarities of English vocabulary * Wall Street Journal * 'Praise for Max Decharne' - : 'Decharne writes attentively and with authority about the ping-ponging of scenester phrases between genres, and from closed circles of cognoscenti to the wider world' - TLS 'Decharne, a musician and songwriter, has written extensively on music, crime and noir, and his great gift is to connect his encyclopaedic knowledge of more recent slang to that of the past. His mind is a trivia-trap of the first order' - New York Times 'The strength of Mr. Decharne's account is its zest ... he has an infectious enthusiasm for the peculiarities of English vocabulary' - Wall Street Journal Praise for Max Décharné -- : Décharné writes attentively and with authority about the ping-ponging of scenester phrases between genres, and from closed circles of cognoscenti to the wider world * TLS * Décharné, a musician and songwriter, has written extensively on music, crime and noir, and his great gift is to connect his encyclopaedic knowledge of more recent slang to that of the past. His mind is a trivia-trap of the first order * New York Times * The strength of Mr. Décharné's account is its zest ... he has an infectious enthusiasm for the peculiarities of English vocabulary * Wall Street Journal * Author InformationMax Decharne was a member of the band Gallon Drunk, and has been with his band The Flaming Stars since 1994. An authority on the 1950s and 1960s counterculture, he is the author of Vulgar Tongues: An Alternative History of British Slang, as well as A Rocket in My Pocket and Hardboiled Hollywood. He lives in London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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