{"product_id":"soho-in-the-fifties-and-sixties-9798387035036","title":"Soho in the Fifties and Sixties","description":"\u003cb\u003eRonnie Scott's, the French Pub, the Coach and Horses; just a few of the names that are synonymous with Soho, London's bohemian quarter.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith its pubs and clubs, coffee houses and strip joints, Soho has been attracting the rich, the poor, the famous and infamous, the gifted and the deluded for decades. Yet it is perhaps the nineteen-fifties and sixties that bore witness to its heyday, when the likes of Francis Bacon, Dylan Thomas, Brendan Behan and Colin MacInnes staggered from pub to club, fuelled by the hedonistic atmosphere that continues to characterise Soho today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHighly readable, Jonathan Fryer's lively account of the lives of the men and women who made Soho their home from home is a fascinating insight into a world of excess, where casualties were high and only the most determined fulfilled their promise.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSoho in the Fifties and Sixties\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Jonathan Fryer's text admirably captures the portrait of an age that will probably never be seen again. Even if we weren't there in Soho in the 1950s and 1960s, he conjures up the feeling and atmosphere of the place from the characters who lived through it'\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eGoodreads\u003c\/i\u003e review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Fryer\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, lecturer and broadcaster whose books include \u003ci\u003eThe Great Wall of China\u003c\/i\u003e (1975), \u003ci\u003eIsherwood\u003c\/i\u003e (1977; updated and re-published as \u003ci\u003eEye of the Camera\u003c\/i\u003e, 1993), \u003ci\u003eFood for Thought\u003c\/i\u003e (1981), \u003ci\u003eNine Lives of Dylan Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e (1993) and \u003ci\u003eAndré and Oscar\u003c\/i\u003e(1997).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Fryer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/23\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.16d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798387035036\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40914085249139,"sku":"9.79839E+12","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_cea84dc6-af2c-4e43-9488-fc82c0f17faa.jpg?v=1691501370","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/soho-in-the-fifties-and-sixties-9798387035036","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}