S'està carregant…

Stories We Could Tell

de Tony Parsons

Membres	Ressenyes	Popularitat	Valoració mitjana	Mencions
240	6	111,678	(3.43)	2
Tony Parsons writes for the first time about his rock and roll years in a touching novel about friendship and growing up.This is the UK of the summer of 1977 - in the midst of the Silver Jubilee celebrations, a generation are trying to grow up and discovering the limits of freedom. It is 16th August 1977 - the night Elvis died - and for the heroes of STORIES WE COULD TELL, this night is where their adult lives begin.Terry has returned from Berlin glowing in the light of his friendship with ageing rock star Dag Wood, the only man to be booed off stage at Woodstock.But when Dag turns up in London, he sets his sights on a photographer called Misty, the young woman who Terry plans to have children with. Will Terry's relationship survive the night?Ray is the only writer on The Paper who refuses to cut his hair and stop wearing flares. He still believes in peace, love and the Beatles. But JohnLennon is in town for one night, en route to Yoko and Japan, and Ray believes that if he can interview the reclusive Beatle, he can save his job.Can John Lennon really change a young man's life?And Leon has annoyed the group of fans you do not want to annoy - the Dagenham Dogs, a bunch of hooligans who follow a group called the Sewerrats, who have just been given a right royal slagging by young Leon. Hiding out in a disco called the Goldmine, Leon meets the girl of his dreams. Will true love find Leon before the Dagenham Dogs?… (més)

tots els membres

▾Membres

Afegit fa poc per

prengel90, sjc731books, HawthornLearning, DanielBarnes-Bineid, ashleygreig, BanwaitBooks, lisaPr, HalloweenWashington, megtheruss

▾Etiquetes

▾Recomanacions de LibraryThing

▾Llistes

Cap

▾T'agradarà?

S'està carregant…

Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar.

▾Converses (Enllaços)

No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra.

» Mira també 2 mencions

▾Ressenyes dels membres

Data ▼ | vots

Es mostren 1-5 de 6 (següent | mostra-les totes)

Most of the action of the book takes place on the day of Elvis Presley’s death on 16th August 1977. It follows the contrasting fortunes of three young writers, Terry, Ray and Lon who all work for The Paper, a music paper in London. Parsons headily recreates the hedonism of the time, but tinges it with the rapidly changing atmosphere with the rise of the far right and with that a new music that is rapidly replacing that which the three grew up with and which gave them the urge to write.
There is an elegiac feel to the book as each of the writers come to appreciate the changes taking place not only nationally, but also in their personal lives as they move from their late teens to their twenties and face up to a lost innocence and start to take on new responsibilities and gain some new understanding for the contributions of their parents.

camharlow2 | Feb 5, 2019 |

Another of those books I thought I will never read. Halfway through it, I almost regretted spending time on the book, especially with my lack of familiarity in its background - 70s music. But towards the end, the book does have its redeeming value as its themes become clearer. The lives of the three protagonists changed in one night and they found what is most precious to them. It's kinship, family, love more than anything else, not the job that they hold so dearly. (

)

siok | Aug 31, 2018 |

I didn't grow up in the UK, I was born around the time this book was set, I am not a young male.. (nor have I ever been). For these reasons I think I did not identify well with this book. I found it artifically stuffed full of experiences that were glossed over. It had too many characters who seemed to almost be the same at times... I struggled on but did not get the resolution I hoped for. On the plus side it filled in some historical evetts for me... (

)

Felicity-Smith | May 29, 2016 |

This book is set in 1977, 3 young friends Terry, Ray and Leon all work for a music paper.
They love music and girls, they all kind of come of age one crazy summer night.
This book was very far fetched I wanted to enjoy it more but was disappointed with it. (

)

Daftboy1 | May 4, 2015 |

This has been on my shelf for some while. I think I have found Parsons too sentimental in the past, but I thoroughly enjoyed this one. Set in the day when I was still a teenager, I wallowed in the nostalgia. This novel was rammed with period details - even gonks (and yes, my niece didn't have a clue what I was talking about).

I loved the reminders of my youth, and am glad to say my memories have more of a rosy glow than the punk-glamour of drugs and violence that Parsons evokes.

But it brought back how important music was for me then, both as a companion and something to identify with. And yes, I do remember how I felt my life was over, having met the one (and where is he now?). Funny, sharp, sad, and beautifully overlaid with the benefit of hindsight from a middle-aged man looking back on his glory years. (

)

LARA335 | Feb 12, 2014 |

Data ▼ | vots

Es mostren 1-5 de 6 (següent | mostra-les totes)

▾Ressenyes publicades

Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya

▾Altres autors

» Afegeix-hi altres autors (4 possibles)

▾Relacions entre sèries i obres

▾Premis i honors

mostra l'historial

▾Coneixement comú

Has d'iniciar sessió per poder modificar les dades del coneixement compartit.

Si et cal més ajuda, mira la pàgina d'ajuda del coneixement compartit.

Títol normalitzat

Títol original

Títols alternatius

Data original de publicació

Gent/Personatges

Llocs importants

Esdeveniments importants

Pel·lícules relacionades

Epígraf

Dedicatòria

Primeres paraules

Citacions

Darreres paraules

Nota de desambiguació

Editor de l'editorial

Creadors de notes promocionals a la coberta

Llengua original

CDD/SMD canònics

LCC canònic

▾Referències

Referències a aquesta obra en fonts externes.

Wikipedia en anglès (1)

Stories We Could Tell (novel)

▾Descripcions del llibre

Tony Parsons writes for the first time about his rock and roll years in a touching novel about friendship and growing up.This is the UK of the summer of 1977 - in the midst of the Silver Jubilee celebrations, a generation are trying to grow up and discovering the limits of freedom. It is 16th August 1977 - the night Elvis died - and for the heroes of STORIES WE COULD TELL, this night is where their adult lives begin.Terry has returned from Berlin glowing in the light of his friendship with ageing rock star Dag Wood, the only man to be booed off stage at Woodstock.But when Dag turns up in London, he sets his sights on a photographer called Misty, the young woman who Terry plans to have children with. Will Terry's relationship survive the night?Ray is the only writer on The Paper who refuses to cut his hair and stop wearing flares. He still believes in peace, love and the Beatles. But JohnLennon is in town for one night, en route to Yoko and Japan, and Ray believes that if he can interview the reclusive Beatle, he can save his job.Can John Lennon really change a young man's life?And Leon has annoyed the group of fans you do not want to annoy - the Dagenham Dogs, a bunch of hooligans who follow a group called the Sewerrats, who have just been given a right royal slagging by young Leon. Hiding out in a disco called the Goldmine, Leon meets the girl of his dreams. Will true love find Leon before the Dagenham Dogs?

▾Descripcions provinents de biblioteques

No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca.

▾Descripció dels membres de LibraryThing

Descripció del llibre

Sumari haiku