Absolute Beginners
Author: Colin MacInnes
London, 1958. In the smoky jazz clubs of Soho and the coffee bars of Notting Hill the young and the restless – the absolute beginners – are forging a new carefree lifestyle of sex, drugs and rock’n’roll. Moving in the midst of this world of mods and rockers, Teddy gangs and trads., and snapping every scene with his trusty Rolleiflex, is MacInnes’ young photographer, whose….Read More
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