Bill Flanagan (1) (1955–)
Auteur de U2: At the End of the World
Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent Bill Flanagan, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
A propos de l'auteur
Author of Written in My Soul and U2 at the End of the World. He is senior vice-president and editorial director of VH1. Flanagan has written for Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, GQ, Esquire, Spy, and many other publications. He lives in New York City with his wife and three children. (Bowker Author afficher plus Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Bill Flanagan
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1955-01-14
- Sexe
- male
Membres
Critiques
excellent book. thought provoking. what to do if you end up doing in life
The author knows his rock and roll from the inside out and top to bottom. This story of a Brit band manager follows him and the band members from 1967 to the present. There are some very sentimental and moving moments, and the author can hide behind the pretense that the narrator was a solicitor and is self described as distant at times to blame the episodic and limited emotional range of this effort. I'd be willing to read more by Bill Flanagan, he knows what he's talking about.
Excellent book of interviews.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 12
- Membres
- 567
- Popularité
- #44,118
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 9
- ISBN
- 31
- Langues
- 2
Would you still take it if it meant losing everything you had today?
Would a second chance to correct every mistake and missed opportunity be worth giving up the world you know and the life you have built?
In the spring of 1970, Harvard psychologist Terry Canyon is introduced to Peter, a quiet kid from a wealthy family who has been suspended from ninth grade for stripping off his clothes in Algebra class. When Terry asks Peter why he did, the boy explains that he was trying to “shock myself awake.”
It turns out that Peter believes he is a sixty-five-year-old man who went to sleep in his home in New York in the year 2020 and woke up in his childhood bedroom fifty years earlier.
Hilariously depicting Peter’s attempts to fit in as a fifteen-year-old in 1970 and to cope with the tedium, foolishness, and sexual temptations of high school.
Thank you, Goodreads and Tiller Books for the chance to read Fifty in Reverse!
“{Ricky DeVille spoke in class,” Peter said. “My hallucination has departed from reality. I expect to see leprechauns emerging from Pepsi cans and orangutans aloft on silver wings. It’s all wide open now.}”
Fifty in Reverse was a heartfelt funny too fast of a read! This book will be even more appealing to people who enjoy the music from around the 70’s and so on. I am not in my fifties but I didn't feel like I couldn’t understand some of the references made to the past. A nice climb in your favorite relaxing and reading spot, put something in the crook pot and just relax in your happy place and read! Happy reading everyone!
“{Our children pass into another life,” she thought, “where they will be secure and easeful, into which we can never go.”}
“{Peter said, “Are you still with us, Mom?}”
“{I’m right here,” she said.}”
“{The boy looked at her like he knew her thoughts. He said, ”Then we are all where we’re meant to be.}”… (plus d'informations)