The Big Wheel - Hardcover

Thomas, Bruce

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670834432 ISBN 13: 9780670834433

Publisher: Viking, 1990

Synopsis

Bruce Thomas was a member of "Elvis Costello and the Attractions" from 1978-1987, playing at a time when the group's reputation was very high. Throughout the excesses of money, drugs, alcohol and touring, Thomas attempted to keep a perspective on himself and on the purpose of it all. The result is a description of a world which began to make no sense to him, except from the bottom of a glass. Thomas has a true comic gift and this telescoped version of the group's touring life brings home, more than almost all books about pop, the dilemma of having enormous amounts of money, but nothing to spend it on that's any good for you. The book also reveals the author's gradual estrangement from the world in which he grew up.

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Review:

"A top notch anecdotalist who can time a twist to make you laugh out loud." -- Q

From the Author:

"The Big Wheel got me the sack from the Attractions – although I was reinstated, in 1994, for a couple of years. After which I was sacked again – with The Big Wheel again being cited as one of the causes. This put me in the unique position of being fired from the same job for the same reason – twice!" Bruce Thomas

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0670834432
• ISBN 13: 9780670834433
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192