From Mohair Suits to Kinky Boots
From Mohair Suits to Kinky Boots
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Summary
As the lead singer of Modern Romance he toured the world, as the screenwriter of Kinky Boots he conquered Hollywood, now comes Geoff Deane's latest act as a quite brilliant and witty ranconteur in his memoir From Mohair Suits to Kinky Boots.
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From Mohair Suits to Kinky Boots by Geoff Deane
This is the tale of life lived large, a collection of uproarious and often moving stories spanning 60 years, from Geoff's youth as a clothes obsessed Jewish suedehead, hanging out in Tottenham dancehalls, via straight Bowie Boy frequenting London's gay clubs, gender confusion in Manhattan's Studio 54, and on to huge career success as a screenwriter. I have been a fly-pitcher working out of a suitcase, a kitchen porter at Jewish functions, and flogged suits to Nigerians down Brick Lane market. I was the singer in a much-loved culty punk band the Leyton Buzzards, a floppy-haired pop star in Modern Romance, a songwriter, and record producer. I wrote a gay anthem for John Waters drag queen muse Divine, worked as journalist and restaurant critic for style magazines The Face and Arena, before becoming a successful writer and producer of TV comedy. I then wrote a couple of films, one of which, Kinky Boots' became a Tony Award winning Broadway stage show. With a cast ranging from local oddballs to international celebrities, Geoff Deane's unique take on the world is only matched by his extraordinary use of language which combines Cockney rhyming slang with Yiddish and a smattering of Polari
'London's riposte to Damon Runyan' Tony Parsons'The Missing Link between Micky Flannagan and David Sedaris' Kimberley Chambers. 'The Samuel Pepys of East London' Maurice Gran. 'There are worse groups than Modern Romance. But can anyone seriously think of one?' Morrissey
Geoff Deane grew up in London's East End. He was a singer in the punk bank the Leyton Buzzards before going on become lead singer in Modern Romance. He worked as a journalist on The Face and Arena and subsequently became a tv and film scriptwriter with credits including Kinky Boots and It's a Boy Girl Thing.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781739123895 |
| ISBN 10 | 1739123891 |
| Title | From Mohair Suits to Kinky Boots |
| Author | Geoff Deane |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Muswell Press |
| Year published | 2023-10-26 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |