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The Rebel
- Alan Holmes
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Introduction
He was
a rebel against conformity. He didn't want to catch the eight-thirty-two
to the City each morning all his life. He had talent, artistic talent,
and he pined for the Bohemian life of an artist. |
A hilarious
sequence of events sends him off to Paris, where the glib patter of
his native London captivates the artistic fringe of Montparnasse, who
acclaim him (not always soberly) as a genius. And soon it is believed. |
Then
follows a joyous life, with the wildest of parties with Existentialists
who sleep in diving suits, dye their hair green, paint their pianos
like Scottish tartans . . . and do everything except catch trains for
a living. |
Overwhelming?
Not for a rebel who has fought for an existence in the primitive wilds
of London's Suburbia. Like a duck taking to water, the Rebel takes to
the new life and riotously makes it his own. |
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Alan
Holmes
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The
story, based on the screen play by Ray Galton & Alan Simpson from
their hilarious film, wherein Tony Hancock becomes an artist in gay
Montparnasse. |
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This was the only publications of this particular book. It wasn't released in hardback. It, as mentioned elsewhere, dates from: 1961. More details below:
You can find copies of this book second-hand, but it's as rare as they come and definitely one of the hardest books to come by. You could pay £30, maybe more, if you were willing. Then again you might be lucky and get a copy for a fiver! |
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