Goodbye to Soho
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5.0 • 3 Ratings
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- £7.49
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- £7.49
Publisher Description
Business in London's Soho is not going well and the designer menswear shop that Clayton Littlewood runs with his partner, Jorge Betancourt, is under threat. Will they survive? Following on from his award-winning diary Dirty White Boy: Tales of Soho. Littlewood is back, watching the hookers, the gangsters, the rent boys and following the same strange characters who make up this strangest of villages. Will eccentric artist Raqib Shaw continue on his path to artistic immortality? Can Sue and Maggie, the Soho madams, keep the law at bay? What will become of Chico, the imprisoned ex-Diana Ross impersonator? And what of the Prince of Soho himself, Sebastian Horsley? Will America welcome him to its shores? Goodbye to Soho is a snapshot of modern London - a Samuel Pepys diary for the Soho subculture.
Customer Reviews
Amazing tales from Soho!
I found this audiobook whilst googling Quentin Crisp interviews last night; Clayton was lucky enough to meet the great man and recalls this episode in 'Goodbye To Soho'. I don't write many reviews but midway through listening to this I feel compelled to. Clayton's gift as a writer aided by David Benson as a master of voices is irresistible. I've found myself laughing out loud at almost every minute as the tales unfold, yet at the same time some of the stories are truly heartbreaking; Clayton's ability to combine the two shows what a great talent he has.
I'm a huge fan of Kenneth Williams, John Waters and of course Quentin Crisp; for me Clayton now joins these expert writers and raconteurs. I cannot recommend this enough; Clayton, David - I love you! x