It's The Beer Talking: Adventures in Public Houses - Softcover

Ian Clayton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1901927741 ISBN 13: 9781901927740

Publisher: Route Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

'Ian's book is brimming with laughter, tall stories, great memories and endless rounds of wonderful beer. It's also a call to arms to save this unique institution.' - Roger Protz, Editor Good Beer Guide 2000-2018

Where do we go to meet old friends? What is our first port of call when we want to show new mates something that speaks about our identity? The pub of course, or better still our local.

Author Ian Clayton embarked on a lifelong love affair with local pubs in the middle of the 1970s. He has raised a glass in neighbourhood bars around the world for more than forty years. His stories are intertwined with quests to find perfect pints and peoples' palaces and about joining in with the joy he finds in the unique gathering place we call the public house.

He moves across the generations and boundaries to take a glimpse at what makes the pub tick. Humorous and poignant by turns, It's The Beer Talking tells of the laughter, the tears, the cheers, the remembering and forgetting, but most of all the camaraderie we all crave. This book will resonate with anyone who as ever uttered that immortal phrase, 'Do you fancy a pint?'

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Review

Ian Clayton was four when he first tasted beer. That stolen mouthful from his grandad's pint was important, it helped mark Ian's path through life. Here he develops this well-established theme and goes further by proving that every pub has a story to tell. This book is filled with amazing characters who, along with Ian, have kept the pub alive and let the beer continue to do the talking. --Barrie Pepper, former Chair of the British Guild of Beer Writers

I read it in one sitting. It's true, hilarious and makes you feel that the world is still a great place to live. --Norma Waterson

Fermented magic. A heartfelt adventure of beer, tears and laughter. In my pub I often hear the line 'You couldn't write it'. Ian just has. --Samantha Smith, Award Winning Landlady, Mallinson's Brewery Taphouse

About the Author

Ian Clayton is an author, broadcaster and storyteller from Featherstone, West Yorkshire. His stories are about making sense of where we come from. His books include Bringing It All Back Home, a bestselling book about music; Song For My Father about his lifelong search for a father figure; Our Billie about loss; and It's The Beer Talking, about adventures in public houses.

About this edition

• Publisher: Route Publishing
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1901927741
• ISBN 13: 9781901927740
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264