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Ghost Town
Nominee:Costa Book Award -Biography (2020)
Liverpool is a city of ghosts. Through the centuries, millions have lived here or come to find a new life, and found safe harbor. More than any other city in Britain its history resonates in the buildings, landscape and stories that have seeped into the lives of its inhabitants. In Ghost Town, Jeff Young takes us on a journey through the Liverpool of his childhood - down back alleys, through arcades, into vanished tenements and oyster bars, strip-tease pubs and theatres. We watch as he turns from schoolboy truant into an artist obsessed with Kafka, Terence Davies and The Fall. Along the way he conjures ghosts and puts hexes on the developers who've ruined the city of his dreams.
Book Details
- Publisher: Little Toller Books
- Publish Date: Nov 17th, 2020
- Pages: 176
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.90in - 5.90in - 0.80in - 0.90lb
- EAN: 9781908213785
- Categories: • Personal Memoirs• Europe - Great Britain - 20th Century
About the Author
Jeff Young is a writer for radio, stage, television and film. He is one of BBC Radio Drama's most acclaimed dramatists, having written over 20 broadcast plays. For television, he has written for Casualty, Doctors, Eastenders and Holby City. He has worked on many arts projects in Liverpool, including with Bill Drummond, and is currently exploring the audio archive of Anthony Burgess. His most recent work for the stage includes Bright Phoenix, the 50th anniversary production at Liverpool Everyman Theatre, and stage version of The Who's 1973 album Quadrophenia. He is also a senior lecturer in Creative Writing at the Screen School of Liverpool John Moores University.