Coffield Darren - Tales From The Colony Room Soho's Lost Bohemia - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Entertaining shocking uproarious hilarious like eavesdropping on a wake as the mourners get gradually more drunk and tell ever more outrageous stories Sunday Times This is the definitive history of London's most notorious drinking den the Colony Room Club in Soho. It's a hair - raising romp through the underbelly of the post - war scene: during its sixty - year history more romances more deaths more horrors and more sex scandals took place in the Colony than anywhere else. Tales from the Colony Room is an oral biography consisting of previously unpublished and long - lost interviews with the characters who were central to the scene giving the reader a flavour of what it was like to frequent the Club. With a glass in hand you ll move through the decades listening to personal reminiscences opinions and vitriol from the authentic voices of those who were actually there. On your voyage through Soho's lost bohemia you ll be served a drink by James Bond sip champagne with Francis Bacon queue for the loo with Christine Keeler go racing with Jeffrey Bernard get laid with Lucian Freud kill time with Doctor Who pick a fight with Frank Norman and pass out with Peter Langan. All with a stellar supporting cast including Peter O Toole George Melly Suggs Lisa Stansfield Dylan Thomas Jay Landesman Sarah Lucas Damien Hirst and many many more.
Title: Tales From The Colony Room Soho's Lost Bohemia
Author(s): Coffield Darren
Publisher: Unbound
Barcode: 9781800180284
Pages: 464 Pages
Publication Date: 4/19/2022
Category: Social & Cultural History