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Patrice Chaplin - Albany Park An Autobiography - New Paperback - P245A
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Sensual, vivid and sometimes shocking, Albany Park is the story of Patrice Chaplin's youthful years: from a grey wartime childhood to exhilarating and dangerous adventures in Europe and an romantic infatuation that came about in a sun-drenched Catalonian city.
Patrice and Beryl, teenagers in the 1950s, live in Albany Park, a London suburb. Life is full of make-up, boys, trad jazz and Soho nightclubs; dreams are of Hollywood. Leaving behind dead-end jobs, they hitchhike across Spain, dressed in the alternative street fashions of the day: white lipstick, dangle earrings, drainpipe trousers. Their path leads to the ancient city of Girona and the charismatic poet, Jose Tarres. For Patrice it is a homecoming - a rebirth that will mark the end of a friendship and the beginning of a lifetime's obsession.
Patrice is enchanted by Jose, but there are shadows on the sunlit days - a possessive mother, mysterious absences, rumours of women and whispers of espionage. With plans to elope seemingl.
Patrice Chaplin - Albany Park An Autobiography - New Paperback - P245A
Sensual, vivid and sometimes shocking, Albany Park is the story of Patrice Chaplin's youthful years: from a grey wartime childhood to exhilarating and dangerous adventures in Europe and an romantic infatuation that came about in a sun-drenched Catalonian city.
Patrice and Beryl, teenagers in the 1950s, live in Albany Park, a London suburb. Life is full of make-up, boys, trad jazz and Soho nightclubs; dreams are of Hollywood. Leaving behind dead-end jobs, they hitchhike across Spain, dressed in the alternative street fashions of the day: white lipstick, dangle earrings, drainpipe trousers. Their path leads to the ancient city of Girona and the charismatic poet, Jose Tarres. For Patrice it is a homecoming - a rebirth that will mark the end of a friendship and the beginning of a lifetime's obsession.
Patrice is enchanted by Jose, but there are shadows on the sunlit days - a possessive mother, mysterious absences, rumours of women and whispers of espionage. With plans to elope seemingl.
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