Lake The Last Night of the Leamington Licker

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-912722-49-5
Verlag: Rough Trade Books
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 10, 14 Seiten

Reihe: Rough Trade Edition

In 1951 Randolph Turpin defeated Sugar Ray Robinson to win the World Middleweight Championship and temporarily became one of the most famous sportsmen in Britain. He had been champion for only 64 days when Robinson defeated him in a rematch. He was never able to regain the title and he gradually faded into bitter obscurity ending up, deeply in debt, running a failing transport cafe in Leamington Spa. The Last Night of the Leamington Licker  is a fictionalised account of his final night.

KIRK LAKE was born in Leamington Spa. He has written numerous books and films. On screen appearances include the archivist in the Nick Cave film 20,000 Days on Earth, the journalist in The Dali and the Cooper and Stoker in the forthcoming film-noir The World We Knew. In the 1990s, he released a series of pioneering spoken-word recordings including the boxing themed album The Black Lights.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lake, Kirk