*AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4 'BOOK OF THE WEEK'* 'Lip-lickingly,
dance-around-the-living-room good... A smash hit' Observer
'Unflinching and heartwarming' - Adam Kay 'Tender, clever and as
funny as it gets ... a heart-piercing joy' - Lauren Laverne 'An
exceptional coming-of-age story [...] Pete Paphides may very well
have the biggest heart in Britain' - Marina Hyde 'I ADORE this
utterly wonderful coming-of-age memoir. Joyful, clever, and a bit
heartbreaking' - Nina Stibbe 'Heartfelt, hilarious and beautifully
written, Broken Greek is a childhood memoir like no other' - Cathy
Newman 'So wonderfully written, such a light touch. Drenched in
sentiment yet not in the least sentimental' - John Niven 'It's
brilliant. Sad, really funny and beautifully written ... just
fantastic' - Alexis Petridis 'A truly beautiful book' - James
O'Brien 'Intoxicating' - Kirsty Wark 'Oh, how I love Pete Paphides
and this book' - Daniel Finkelstein 'A balm in these times' David
Nicholls 'Fantastic ... Can't recommend it highly enough' Tim
Burgess __________ 'Do you sometimes feel like the music you're
hearing is explaining your life to you?' When Pete's parents moved
from Cyprus to Birmingham in the 1960s in the hope of a better
life, they had no money and only a little bit of English. They
opened a fish-and-chip shop in Acocks Green. The Great Western Fish
Bar is where Pete learned about coin-operated machines, male banter
and Britishness. Shy and introverted, Pete stopped speaking from
age 4 to 7, and found refuge instead in the bittersweet embrace of
pop songs, thanks to Top of the Pops and Dial-A-Disc. From
Brotherhood of Man to UB40, from ABBA to The Police, music provided
the safety net he needed to protect him from the tensions of his
home life. It also helped him navigate his way around the
challenges surrounding school, friendships and phobias such as
visits to the barber, standing near tall buildings and Rod Hull and
Emu. With every passing year, his guilty secret became more
horrifying to him: his parents were Greek, but all the things that
excited him were British. And the engine of that realisation?
'Sugar Baby Love', 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart', 'Tragedy', 'Silly
Games', 'Going Underground', 'Come On Eileen', and every other
irresistibly thrilling chart hit blaring out of the chip shop
radio. Never have the trials and tribulations of growing up and the
human need for a sense of belonging been so heart-breakingly and
humorously depicted. *Listen along with Pete's BROKEN GREEK
playlist on Spotify!*
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