Greetings from Bury Park by Sarfraz Manzoor

Greetings from Bury Park by Sarfraz Manzoor

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE. A charming memoir about the impact of Bruce Springsteen's music on a Pakistani boy growing up in 1970s Britain.

Sarfraz Manzoor was two years old when, in 1974, he emigrated from Pakistan to Britain with his mother, brother, and sister. He spent his teenage years in a constant battle, trying to reconcile being both British and Muslim, trying to fit in at school and at home. But when his best friend introduced him to the music of Bruce Springsteen at age sixteen, his life changed completely. From the moment Manzoor heard the opening lines to The River, Springsteen became his personal muse, a lens through which he was able to view the rest of his life. Both a tribute to The Boss and a story of personal discovery, Blinded by the Light (originally published as Greetings from Bury Park) is a warm, irreverent, and exceptionally perceptive memoir about how music transcends religion and race. Featuring a new afterword by the author.

Sarfraz Manzoor is a writer and broadcast journalist. He is a writer for The Guardian but his journalism has also appeared in publications as diverse as the Daily Mail, The Independent, The Observer, Uncut, The Spectator, Prospect and The New Statesman. His television credits include The Great British Asian Invasion and Death of a Porn Star both for Channel 4. He is a familiar voice on BBC Radio with documentaries on Radio 4, Up All Night on radio 5 Live, and regular contributions to Radio 4's Saturday Review and Newsnight Review. Prior to his broadcasting career Sarfraz Manzoor was a deputy commissioning editor at Channel 4, which he joined after 5 years as producer and reporter on Channel 4 News. He wrote the screeplay for the forthcoming major motion picture, Blinded by the Light, based on his memoir, Greetings from Bury Park.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780307388025
ISBN 10	0307388026
Title	Greetings from Bury Park
Author	Sarfraz Manzoor
Series	Vintage Departures
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2008-04-08
Number of pages	288
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