Dancing Bear by Keith Dewhurst Paperback Book

Description: Dancing Bear by Keith Dewhurst A tale of small epic lives played out over three decades. Broke but not beaten, Claudia hasnt quite lost sight of her acting dreams. A stranger to the city, Wozzer has lost his home but not his starpilot heart. When the pair meet at Londons Camelot restaurant, an unlikely friendship blossoms that will underscore their lives for years to come. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description London, 1980s. Its colourful and fast. Its also dangerous if youve got no money and dont know where to go. And its a changing city. A city of contrasts: big money being poured into big dreams by men in sharp suits and fast cars. Alongside the developers, politicians vie for glory and think their moment has come. And on the same streets overlooked by their penthouses, lives are lost and homelessness grows.Fighting to find herself in this vivid new world is Claudia and her alter ego, Bunty. The bailiffs are after her, shes broke but not beaten: the big time still beckons and Claudia hasnt quite lost sight of her acting dreams.Meanwhile young Wozzer arrives in the citys crazy midst. A stranger to the streets, hes lost his home but not his starpilot heart.When Claudia and Wozzers paths cross at Londons Camelot restaurant, Claudia recognises a fellow lost soul in need and invites Wozzer to stay. An unlikely friendship blossoms that will underscore their chaotic, heady lives for years to come.Author Keith Dewhurst spent a good deal of his life divided between London and Sydney, Australia. He returned to the UK at the end of the 1980s after a five year absence, finding himself surprised and confused by how much the country had changed. In an effort to come to terms with those changes, Dancing Bear began to emerge, and was written over the course of the next thirty years.A cautionary, contemporary tale of small epic lives played out over three decades as one millennium ends and another begins. Author Biography Keith Dewhurst was born in 1931. He worked in a cotton mill and as a travelling reporter with Manchester United before becoming a playwright. Three of his seventeen stage plays were premiered at the Royal Court Theatre and six, including his adaptation of Flora Thompsons Lark Rise, at the Royal National Theatre. Several of these plays featured the folk rock bands Steeleye Span and The Albion Band. He wrote two movies, the novel Captain of the Sands, eighteen TV plays, of which Last Bus won the Japan Prize, and episodes for many series, including the original Z-Cars. He was a Guardian columnist, a member of the Production Board of the British Film Institute, a presenter of TV arts programmes and a Granada comedy show, and has written two football books and (with Jack Shepherd) a theatrical memoir. In Australia he was involved in an environmental protest by the Palm Beach Action Group. His second wife is the theatrical agent Alexandra Cann. Details ISBN0957182945 Author Keith Dewhurst Pages 275 Publisher Greenheart Press Year 2021 ISBN-10 0957182945 ISBN-13 9780957182943 Publication Date 2021-05-07 UK Release Date 2021-05-07 Format Paperback Imprint Greenheart Press Place of Publication Kent Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2021-05-07 NZ Release Date 2021-05-07 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131654286;

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