Toy fights : a boyhood
Paterson, Don, 1963-2023
Book
Don Paterson was born in Dundee, Scotland, in 1963 and spent his boyhood living on a working-class council housing estate. 'Toy Fights' is the remarkable story of his first 20 years. This is not just a book about music and family, but also about 'schizophrenia, hell, money, 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.
Main title:
Toy fights : a boyhood / Don Paterson.
Author:
Paterson, Don, 1963-, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Faber, 2023.
Collation:
x, 369 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780571240272 (hbk)
Dewey class:
821.92821.92 PAT
Language:
English
BRN:
3358845