Gig

Rock 'n' Roll Dreams in a Northern Town

Simon Armitage

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Penguin Books Ltd
30 June 2009

Autobiography: literary

Simon Armitage's unforgettable and hilarious memoir of trying to become a rock star but ending up a poet instead

A poet is a rock star without the sex'n'drugs, or the rock'n'roll. But that never stopped Simon Armitage dreaming, and in Gig, he explores how music and the muse intertwine in work and in life. Crammed with stories, anecdotes, jokes, absurdities, the odd informal homily, pitfalls and pratfalls (not all the author's own), Yorkshire life and death, Gig is about the dream and reality of what you are, and what you might have been.

By: Simon Armitage
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 246g
ISBN: 9780141021249
ISBN 10: 0141021241
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 30 June 2009
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Simon Armitage was born in West Yorkshire in 1963, and continues to live near Huddersfield. He is one of the leading writers of his generation. He has won the Sunday Times author of the year, the Forward Prize, a Lannan Award, and an Ivor Novello Award for his song lyrics in the Channel 4 film, Feltham Sings

Reviews for Gig: Rock 'n' Roll Dreams in a Northern Town

Funny, perceptive, thought-provoking. Armitage has a poet's eye for the poignant detail and the bigger theme * Scotsman * Pitch perfect * Financial Times * Warm, funny . . . wonderfully accurate and evocative . . . we close the book wanting more * Times Literary Supplement * Witty, terrific, stupendously funny * Daily Telegraph * Very, very funny . . . the kind of book you'll want to press on your friends * GQ * Engaging, eccentric, hilarious, incredibly good company. A wonderwall of moments and memories . . . one of our most entertaining authors * Independent * Extremely funny, brilliant * Sunday Telegraph * I read this book in one sitting. It moved me to tears, to shouts of laughter, and made me look at even the most mundane things in a different way * Sunday Times *