Exquisitely sharp, deeply humane and brutally hilarious, Toy Fights
is a future classic from one of the greatest writers of his
generation. This is a book about family, money and music but also
about schizophrenia, hell, narcissists, debt and the working class,
anger, swearing, drugs, books, football, love, origami, the
peculiar insanity of Dundee, sugar, religious mania, the sexual
excesses of the Scottish club band scene and, more generally, the
lengths we go to not to be bored. Don Paterson was born in Dundee,
Scotland, in 1963. He spent his boyhood on a council housing
estate. When he wasn't busy dreading his birthdays, dodging kids
who wanted to kill him in a game of Toy Fights, working with his
country-and-western singer dad, screwing up in the Boys' Brigade,
obsessing over God, origami, The Osmonds, stamps, sex or Scottish
football cards, he was developing a sugar addiction, failing his
exams, playing guitar, falling in love, dodging employment and
descending into madness. While he didn't manage to figure out who
he was meant to be, the first twenty years of his life - before he
took a chance, packed his guitar and boarded a train to London -
did, for better or worse, shape who he would become.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
