Pavilion - Softcover

Deborah Tyler-Bennett

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0956034152 ISBN 13: 9780956034151

Publisher: Smokestack Books, 2010

Synopsis

Welcome to the Pleasure Dome. The Brighton Pavilion is one of Britain's best loved follies. Built for the Prince Regent (later George IV) to entertain his mistresses, it is a Grade 1 listed building, a monument to dandyism and a museum of royal kitsch. Between the Pavilion and the ruined West Pier lies the coast of Greeneland, peep-shows and arcades, cheap thrills and expensive mistakes.

Deborah Tyler-Bennett's new collection is a celebration of the world of the English dandy, its gorgeous peacock feathers and fading glamour. Her cast of eccentric and complicated characters entertain their listeners at the bar, flashy and flamboyant as Brighton's fantasy Pavilion, revealing the sad truths and disturbing secrets behind their cheap make-up.

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About the Author

Deborah Tyler-Bennett's previous publications include Clark Gable in Mansfield (2003) and Take Five (2003). In 2001 she won the Hugh MacDiarmid Trophy at the Scottish International Open Poetry Competition. She is the co-author of a creative writing web-package for the Victoria and Albert Museum, and helped create `Art Box' for Leicestershire's Open Museums' Artworks Collection. She edits the magazine The Coffee House and lives in Loughborough.

About this edition

• Publisher: Smokestack Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0956034152
• ISBN 13: 9780956034151
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80