The Colour of Memory

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Nostalgic portrayal of urban wasteland.

Recommended for readers seeking an insightful account of the marginalized, inner-city lives amidst a backdrop of Brixton's urban decay in the 80s. With a low-key writing style and sarcastic humor, this book is a must-read.

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The Colour of Memory

Regular price RM44.64 MYR
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ISBN: 9780857862716
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: RM74.45 MYR
Authors: Geoff Dyer
Publisher: Canongate Books
Date of Publication: 2012-11-08
Format: Paperback
Related Topics: Literature, Race
Goodreads rating: 3.84
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'In the race to be first in describing the lost generation of the 1980s, Geoff Dyer in THE COLOUR OF MEMORY leads past the winning post. "We're not lost" one of his hero's friend's says, "we're virtually extinct". It is a small world in Brixton that Dyer commemorates, of council flat and instant wasteland, of living on the dole and the scrounge, of mugging, which is merely begging by force, and of listening to Callas and Coltrane. It is the nostalgia of the DHSS Bohemians, the children of unsocial security, in an urban landscape of debris and wreckage. Not since Colin MacInnes's CITY OF SPADES and ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS thirty years ago has a novel stuck a flick-knife so accurately into the young and marginal city. A low-keyed style and laconic wit touch up THE COLOUR OF MEMORY' THE TIMES
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Nostalgic portrayal of urban wasteland.

Recommended for readers seeking an insightful account of the marginalized, inner-city lives amidst a backdrop of Brixton's urban decay in the 80s. With a low-key writing style and sarcastic humor, this book is a must-read.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.