Pier Review by Jon Bounds

Pier Review by Jon Bounds

Fifty-five piers. Two weeks. One eccentric road trip. Before the seaside of their youth disappears forever, two friends from the landlocked Midlands embark on a peculiar journey to see all the surviving pleasure piers in England and Wales. With a clapped-out car and not enough cash, Jon and Danny recruit Midge, a man they barely know, to be their driver, even though he has to be back in a fortnight to sign on... Join Jon and Danny as they take a funny and nostalgic look at Britishness at the beach, amusement in the arcades and friendship on the road.

Jon Bounds documented outsider culture for the website ‘Birmingham: It’s Not Shit’ for ten years. He’s written for the Birmingham Post, Fused and the Guardian, and has appeared as a cultural commentator on Radio 4. He lives with his wife in a small town in Oxfordshire, where he is thinking of taking up Morris dancing.

Danny Smith has written on culture, pop or otherwise, for Vice, Fused and Area magazines. He’s worked the bars and doors of some of the roughest pubs in Birmingham, sold encyclopedias in the Australian outback and taught gang kids from the ghettos of New Jersey how to shoot a bow and arrow. He’s now back in Birmingham.

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ISBN 13	9781849538114
ISBN 10	1849538115
Title	Pier Review
Author	Jon Bounds
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Octopus Publishing Group
Year published	2016-02-11
Number of pages	320
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