The Pepsi Cola Addict - Softcover

Gibbons, June-Alison; Tibet, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1913689719 ISBN 13: 9781913689711

Publisher: Strange Attractor Press, 2023

Synopsis

The legendary lost novel in which fourteen-year-old Preston Wildey-King must choose between his all-consuming passion for Pepsi Cola and his love for schoolmate Peggy. <p/>He walked into the turbulent super market. There were people everywhere. His eyes swept over the shelves and stabilised on a large stack of Pepsi-colas. He could almost experience the cool fizzy liquid descending his parched throat. <p/>Written by June-Alison Gibbons when she was only 16, The Pepsi Cola Addict is considered one of the great works of twentieth-century outsider literature. More than just a literary curiosity, however, this tale of a teenager whose passion for a well-known cola drink threatens to ruin his life is the uniquely vivid expression of a young woman trying to make sense of the confusing, often brutal world she in which found herself. <p/>Published in 1982 by a vanity press who took £800 from its young author and gave her only a single book in return, it's thought that fewer than ten original copies still exist in the world. <p/>Shortly after its publication, June-Alison and her sister Jennifer would become infamous as The Silent Twins and find themselves cruelly incarcerated for over a decade in Broadmoor Hospital. This author-approved edition makes June-Alison Gibbon's remarkable vision widely available for the first time.

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About the Author

June-Alison Gibbons wrote The Pepsi Cola Addict in 1981, when she was 16. She now lives with her family in West Wales. <p/>Founder of the long running cult band Current 93, David Tibet is widely known as an artist and songwriter. His song cycles present a rich vein of ethereal imagery, arcane reference, and the supernatural, creating their own sound-worlds of heartfelt and mysterious poignancy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Strange Attractor Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1913689719
• ISBN 13: 9781913689711
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152