City Lights by Keith Waterhouse

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City Lights by Keith Waterhouse

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Summary

Keith Waterhouse tells the story of his childhood and adolescence in soot-blackened, tramcar-rattling Leeds. He describes roaming the cities theatres, variety-halls and teashops, and life as a junior reporter, as well as the characters he encountered, providing a portrait of England's past.

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City Lights by Keith Waterhouse

Keith Waterhouse was born into a world that has now vanished - a soot-blackened, tramcar-rattling provincial city, still late Edwardian or even Victorian in many of its ways, but full of forward-looking confidence. It happened to be Leeds. Growing up, often playing truant, he would roam the city, and as a youth during the forties he came to know its theatres, variety halls and teashops, and the characters who haunted them. Then as a junior reporter he became a habitue of the pubs and taverns where he rubbed leather-patched elbows with a now extinct breed of provincial bohemians. With keen wit and a remarkable ability to convey a child's point of view, Keith Waterhouse gives a vivid impression of his younger self and a fascinating insight into England's past.

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Stands out above everything else Waterhouse has created - Gerald Kaufman, Guardian

A joy to read.. honest, funny, at times moving without being mawkish ... a delight - Roy Hattersley, Sunday Times

A seductive, loving and very funny memoir - Michael Ratcliffe, Observer

It brings out the best in him: a story of genuine hardship; subversive humour and self-mockery - Sebastian Faulks, Guardian
In a long and highly successful career, Keith Waterhouse has published thirteen novels, including Billy Liar (which has been filmed and staged) and Our Song (also staged), seven non-fiction books and seven collections of journalism. He has written widely for television, cinema and the theatre, including the highly successful play Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell, and writes an award-winning column for the Daily Mail. He has also published two acclaimed memoirs, City Lights and Streets Ahead.
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ISBN 13 9780340624630
ISBN 10 0340624639
Title City Lights
Author Keith Waterhouse
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Year published 1995-03-02
Number of pages 218
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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