Shiny and New
Ten Moments of Pop Genius that Defined the '80s
$26.58
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
8 November 2022
Summary
‘A wholly successful endeavour carried along by waves of infectious enthusiasm’ - Mojo
‘Fascinating’ - New Statesman
The ‘80s were about big ideas writ large - new money, new style, gender fluidity, gay pride, attritional politics, the ‘special relationship’, nuclear fear, AIDS, cocaine, ecstasy, tabloid royalty, the rise of urban pop, and ultimately geopolitical chaos. Dylan Jones’ history of the decade in pop frames the ‘80s th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474620079 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1474620078 |
| Author: | Dylan Jones |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | White Rabbit |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 8 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
Dylan Jones
Dylan Jones is the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of over twenty-five books. In the Eighties, he was one of the first editors of i-D, before becoming a Contributing Editor of The Face and Editor of Arena. He spent the next decade working in newspapers - principally the Observer and the Sunday Times - before embarking on a multi-award-winning tenure at GQ. A former columnist for the Guardian and the Independent, he is a Trustee of the Hay Festival, and a peripatetic television producer. In 2012 he was awarded an OBE for services to publishing.
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